How’d I Do
When your kids are growing up, they are constantly looking for approval. “How’d I do – did I do it all right mom/dad?” From the first moments, of forming words – when they can’t even ask you that question – Read More …
Tag: parenting
If You Could Be
If you could be anything you wanted to be…What would you be? A superhero? A super villain? A CEO? A leader? A follower? A supermodel? The mayor, governor, senator, president? If you could choose to do anything and if you Read More …
Common Ground
We spent a lot of time with close friends this weekend, people we have known for years and with whom we share a common ground. Similar education. Similar socio economic status. Similar life styles. We grew up in various types Read More …
Giving Independence
Parenting is often about giving independence, whether they want it or not. Most kids, from toddlers to teens, want more freedom. Me do it. I can do it. Why won’t you let me do it? Really, you can do it. Read More …
I’m Not Your Mother
It may be tempting to say…”I’m not your mother” and be able to walk away; however, true moms, moms of the heart, through and through, deep into their soul, cannot walk away. Of course, I am not thinking of anything Read More …
Kids Today
I hear it all the time. I have heard it since I was a kid. Our piano tuner said it to my husband and I just the other day. I have even, maybe once or twice, muttered it under my Read More …
The Perfect…
The perfect…mom – forget about it, she doesn’t exist. We think about it though, don’t we? We think about all of the things moms actually are this week. We buy cards and read sappy sentiments that we may or may Read More …
A Sandwich
Simple, right? Just a sandwich. Until someone makes you explain, precisely how to make it… …to someone who has never seen or held a knife, opened a jar of peanut butter or used a plate. Luckily, for parents, when we Read More …
Just One More…
A simple statement, means so much in so many different ways. Just one more… day (to say I love you again…) minute (then I will leave…) sec (then I will look at your comic that you drew…and I do, and Read More …
The Back Story
My husband and I are constantly on the search for a good movie to watch. Our kids are getting older and thus more independent. We have more time…rather than work (or write) all the time, we can sometimes relax. This Read More …