Next week is Scott’s birthday and I suspect he will have a newfound appreciation for the day. I certainly will and here’s why… As you’ve likely noticed, we’ve been away from the site for over a month and a half ...
As much as I hate the fact that our lives are controlled by a pandemic, it is what it is. As a result, we’ve made dramatic changes to our lifestyle. Our entertainment includes things like playing board games that we can do at home. As ...
Did you happen to see the taboo words in this article’s title? Let me spell it out for you: M-E-M-O-R-Y G-A-M-E. Those are akin to curse words to these old ears. Like when my kids suggest playing a memory game, I want to tell them to ...
It’s not an exaggeration to say that a good portion of our lives revolve around technology and electronics. I don’t mean specifically streaming new movies or surfing Facebook either. It’s all the ancillary things that ...
Being the parent of teenagers is an emotionally exhausting job. From the time we teach them what to expect in junior high to the advice for teens when they get their license, we endure the ups and downs of their hormone-driven emotions. You ...
It isn’t very often that I’ll invite you to join me in reminiscing about my high school or college years. Other than saying that’s when I met Scott, I don’t chat much about it. That means I most certainly never told ...
Last week I admitted I took my kids to an R-Rated movie. During conversations stemming from that article, I realized something very important. Sometimes I can be a helicopter mom. Other times, I avoid situations by saying, “go talk to ...
We’ve spent the last six years on a journey to find a perfect smile. I’m not talking about board games, trips to Disney or enjoying a family cruise, although those do generate a lot of laughter and joy thus resulting in smiles. ...
There are two words that make every mom cringe. No, it doesn’t involve the dreaded L-word. That’s a completely different issue. I’m talking about the one you can’t avoid. Well, you can, but it’s kind of frowned ...
When I was 8, I had a family tree project assignment in my I-TAG program. It was a simple image of a tree with lines to fill in the basic information of our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. We were tasked with doing the researc ...
