Switching between 7 different news stations and rotating through trying to make what I could of the numbers, I stayed up until 3am watching the 2016 presidential election unfold in real time in some sort of twilight zone that no side predicted. Personally, I did not feel like I had a horse in this race,…
Today while walking through a local shopping center, a complete stranger stopped me. “Your girls are beautiful. And you. You look so tired, but you’re doing a great job.” “Oh, I am very tired,” I exhaled as I thought about how two kids in the store while pregnant was about to do me in. For…
It’s that awkward age… the one where kids are becoming more independent and responsible, but aren’t old enough to get a “real job.” If we think back to the ways we made money as kids, I am sure memories and ideas start streaming in. So what was the first way you earned money outside of chores?…
Back when my sweet Emma was not quite 2, I found her in the kitchen mopping up pomegranate juice that she had spilled happily exclaiming “Pom Pom!” as she worked. I didn’t ask her to wipe up her mess, but it was important to her to get it fixed and cleaned. She had seen her…
If my not-quite-2-year-old even catches wind that we’re leaving the house, she’s over at our shoe tray making matches and delivering footwear to each of us. I mean, she is on it. But my older daughter… not so much. She is not a morning person and wakes up with Einstein hair to prove it. But…
“Dayntt Ewww” my 21 month old shouted after her sister gave her some food. “Aww, you’re welcome sweet girl,” my oldest replied. While I don’t force manners like please and thank you on my kids and let them learn at their own pace (no matter how excruciatingly slow it may be) it’s still so nice…
Looking around the room, I see signs of 21st-century life that I could never have dreamed up as a kid. Things that could only found in sci-fi movies and futuristic literature. You know… because the internet wasn’t around when I was born. A phone in the palm of my hand. Touch-screen devices. Multiple laptops. A…
Every year I look at my calendar in September, take a deep breath and relish in the news that autumn is finally here. And then suddenly, time speeds up when Halloween hits, I barely get to enjoy Thanksgiving, Christmas is a frenzy and then BOOM! It’s a new year already. But as an adult knowing that…
In front of a group of complete strangers, my three year old daughter stood gleefully screaming a verse she had just learned the night before. Fearless, she continued to participate with this group of children she had never even met before despite weekly meltdowns of not wanting to participate in her own class at home. And…
Sitting in my 9th grade English class, our teacher explained that his biggest fear was not dying, but not being remembered after he was gone. It struck such a nerve in me that I have never forgotten those words. Similarly, I was recently walking through Downtown Boston when I saw the grave of Mary Chilton…
As an avid (amateur) genealogist, I love history and the way things come to life when you can move past the basics of names and dates. While doing family research I was fortunate enough to discover that my paternal grandmother had the original land documents from her enrollment as one of the Five Civilized Tribes….
Every day, parents like you are reading and sharing great information through social media. Sometimes it’s simply great because it made us laugh, other times it was thought provoking. Either way it’s absolutely newsworthy! Starting this month, I am going to be gathering up and sharing with you the most popular ones from the Extremely…