Last week a friend sent me a funny picture. It was a picture of an empty glass sitting on her kitchen counter. Her comment on the photo read, “Asked my teen to get me a glass of lemonade. Guess he got it half right.” I couldn’t help but chuckle. At least she was looking at […]
Having had four teenagers under one roof at the same time, I know what it was like to literally feel as though every second was accounted for. I took my role as Mom seriously having given up a corporate job when my kids were little. For me, motherhood became a passion, a calling that I […]
When our kids are little it is easy to laugh at the cute things they say and do. Even during those early years of school we watch with excitement as they encounter new experiences and are filled with wonder. And then as our kids become tweens and teens the climate in most homes changes. Instead […]
Melanie lay across the university lawn excited yet tentative. She couldn’t wait until finals were over…one more to go and she would be finished with the semester. Yet she wasn’t ready to leave the university. She loved the comradery of being with the other kids not to mention the independence of doing what she wanted […]
As we contemplate the new year and what will be different, maybe we should think about our parenting and what legacy we are creating. What gift do we want our kids to hold on to that can’t be wrapped in a box? Sitting in a doctor’s office, I was surprised to find out that we […]
We live in a give, give, and give some more culture–especially when it comes to our kids. I’ll be the first to admit that I lavished gifts onto my kids. After all, I wanted them to have all the things that I just knew would make them delighted. And then there were all the activities. […]