In the past couple of weeks I've seen no fewer than three blog posts about the horrible state of "Kid's Menus" at restaurants. One was actually published on a news site. All of the articles are from and about a parent who has taken their child to an interesting...
I have a lifelong habit of narrating events in my head as they are actually happening to me. Sometimes this has been a great thing. I've gotten through a lot of boring and horrible events by simply pretending that it was all part of a story I was writing. Sometimes...
One of the things that parents, and others in the sensitivity training business, are always trying to teach is seeing things from the other side, the idea that other people's experiences and background may lead them to different conclusions and feelings than yours....
I hate the phrase "Mommy Wars." As soon as I stopped dating and became a mother (two events that happened within a couple of years of each other) it replaced "Date Rape" as my least favorite inaccurate description of something. Date rape makes it seem like being raped...
Two years ago today my husband's oldest friend Eric died. I've written about Eric's death and its effect on our family before. Last month Eric's parents hosted a "Musical Ofrenda" at their church in Eric's honor. Eric was an artist, an art teacher, and a music lover...
Do you remember that speech you used to get from your parents, "I'll treat you like a grown up when you act like a grown up?" I never actually got that speech because I was the acknowledged grown up in the house, but it always sounded good on T.V. Anyway, lately I've...