Category: parenting

A friend, whose oldest child is inching towards kindergarten, asked me recently what advice I had to offer. As a member of the Mom With…

This past Saturday was a pretty decent Saturday, as they go for teenagers. I slept in, (thank you, Mom,) relaxed in the morning, played a…

This time last year, the only Jude we knew was the kicking, rolling very-present little person in my belly. Today, he is 11 months old.

Jude was sprawled out in front of me for a diaper change when I saw it: the tell-tale, swollen white lumps on his upper gums that…

I never thought my kids would stay little forever; never really wanted them to. I’ve always, from the beginning, loved the unfolding that brings them…

My last post hadn’t been live for more than an hour when questions — and congratulations — started rolling in. “So excited for you!” “Wait…

Photos like this remind me how truly blessed I am. See that look of joy on my husband’s face? This was just after the birth…

I’ve come full circle on the issue of unnatural hair color. Was a day (we’ll call it high school and college) when the pinnacle of…

We’ve done this twice before —3 times if you count the one we parented through the opening bells of the teenage years over phone lines…

This year, when I opened the box of Christmas decorations, there was something new wrapped in with the ornaments and tucked into the stockings: the…