Posted July 19, 2024
Summer and schedule are two words that don’t go hand in hand around here. We’ve been living this way for over 8 years. It was something that began when I was first forced to let go of all of my Summer expectations because of my Preventive Mastectomy Surgery. Living schedule-free… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted May 28, 2024
Be okay with crying. That will be a recurring theme during the process of saying goodbye to your senior. And by “saying goodbye to your senior,” I don’t mean sending them off to school in the Fall, or their Summer trip across Europe, or their apartment and the future they… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted May 3, 2024
“They” say having a tween or teen son, and raising them to be good men of strong moral character in today’s culture is harder than it ever was before. I genuinely have no idea if this is true or not. This is, after all, my first time doing this! But,… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted March 15, 2024
Planning a vacation with tweens and teens can be overwhelming, and as someone who currently has five kids ranging in age from 18 to 9, I get it! We recently traveled to the Texas Coast for our family vacation and took along two bonus teenagers. It was a fantastic vacation,… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted September 19, 2023
You can’t make them all. Every school party, every concert, every game or tournament, or after-school event…you can’t make them all. You can’t make them all, and that’s okay. Over the years, I have often had to repeat this mama mantra to myself. First, as a stay-at-home mom (SAHM) when… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
