Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

These days, Dads are really stepping up to the plate and doing so much more than their ancestors ever did. In earlier times, men weren't as involved with child-rearing. They didn't change diapers or t...

By the end of the first week of school, my grandkids brought home a respiratory virus AND hand, foot and mouth disease. Those viruses were then passed on to their mom, their aunt and uncle, their new ...

When I was raising kids, cell phones weren't a common thing. Only a very few people had one (mostly business people who wanted a status symbol). They seemed pretentious and completely unnecessary at t...

Halloween can be a tricky time for some families. On one hand, it can be argued that Halloween celebrates ghouls and witches and all the things that are contrary to God. On the other hand, some famili...

"When are you going to have a baby?" they ask. It seems like an innocent question on the surface. But, is it really? What are people really saying when they ask that question? Notice that the question...

We have a lot of different fruit trees growing in our yard. But, the peach tree is my family's favorite. Peaches are one of those foods you either love or hate. I have a friend who won't even touch a ...

September and apples just seem to go together, don't they? Not only is September peak apple season, but in the old days giving your new teacher a perfect, shiny apple on the first day of school was co...

Parent/Teacher relationships can be tricky. After all, you're sending your precious children off for a large chunk of their days into the care of a virtual stranger (at least at the beginning of the y...

Dear Mommies, I forgot. I forgot how hard being a mom to young kids is. It's been more years than I care to remember since my own kids were little and there's so much of that period in my life that I ...

On August 6, 1991, the World Wide Web went live. And, pretty much no one noticed. There was no fanfare and no big media blitz. Certainly, most of us had no idea how big an impact the internet would ha...