Hair seems to be the topic of conversation this week. Regardless of who I’m talking with, someone makes a hair comment or tells their funny, ridiculous story. Why is it that we get so emotional about hair? And what is really going on beneath the surface? (pun intended. 🙂 ) Early in the week a […]
Emerging into the world our daughter arrived six minutes after I had waddled through the emergency entrance at the hospital doors. Our family joke was that she was the creator of drama and the day of her birth was the beginning. She had orderlies, nurses, and doctors frantically hustling for her grand entrance while my husband, Dave, was […]
Teens today seem to be having a difficult time handling disappointment. Maybe it is because they’ve always gotten a participation award for all the sports activities. Maybe it’s because as parents we have bent over backwards trying to make sure that our kids have everything they want or need. Maybe it’s because our kids don’t […]
As a parent of four I felt like at any given point in time one of my kids was struggling. School work, peers, an emotional breakup, a teacher that didn’t seem to like them, or even just being in a sour mood where nothing was the way they thought it should be wreaked havoc in […]
Excusing herself from a Saturday morning brunch, Erin pretended a headache and left in a hurry. As she got to her car she found herself shaking so much that she was having trouble finding the right key to open the car door. Gasping for air and holding back tears, she finally found the right one […]
Have you ever wished you were invisible because your tween or teen did something that embarrassed you? Trust me when I say that I’ve been there on more than one occasion. With four teens under my roof at one time, there was plenty of opportunity for me to encounter situations where my teens didn’t use […]