An alumni member of eager, starry-eyed children who once stalked the holiday season with the stealth of a hungry bear in a kiddie pool brimming with trout, I learned, as a child, that the lighting of the tree brought with it three things consistently. The wafting aroma of baked delicious Goodies, the building anticipation of [...]
There’s a popular notion spoon fed to us by barbie media…willingly embraced by the conservative woman, vehemently rejected by the liberal woman, yet, on some level, wrestled with by every woman. Open wide! The notion of “happily ever after.” A studly white knight on a horse who whisks us off to the land of eternal [...]
Yours… Mine… Ours. “Our” marriage, “our” kids, “our” exes, “our” baggage, “our”……..happily ever after? Here’s to hoping. Blending together two families who each have their own set of family dynamics, daytime dramas, “well-meaning” grandparents, sappy traditions, unbending belief systems, and set-in-stone parenting styles is most often good in theory…but may feel like captive torture when [...]
Gone are the days of “Leave it to Beaver”…a time when families were supposedly nauseatingly happy, the kids were a little too mild-mannered and obedient, and the parents were blissfully unstressed and free from the bondage of disagreement. And can I just say… What the hell was that about anyway? When has life ever been [...]
Our kids believe us to be superheroes-capable of cooking, cleaning, creating, and buying anything with a wave of our magic hand. Our husbands believe us to be nurturing moms by day/mind-blowing lovers by night. Our friends believe us to be unfaltering in the face of the endless demands of motherhood. But what do we believe [...]
In any marriage, there are a few major contenders vying for title of “Most Fought Over Issue.” The way in which we discipline our kids proudly takes its rightful place among these contenders. When we marry our chosen love, we’re pretty naive as to what we’re getting ourselves into when it comes to disciplining our [...]
“You’re ugly. You’re stupid. You have no friends. Don’t sit by me! Everyone hates you!” Ever stop to think about just how powerful your words are once they depart from your mouth? Words may just be the most lethal in our arsenal of weapons. This applies even more so in junior high/high school where [...]
