Tag Archives: Relationships

Social media has us “in the know” of everything these days. Want to know what your neighbor had for breakfast? I bet you can find it on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and who knows...

We took a look in a previous post at the ages and stages at which my husband Michael and I allow our kids to have certain privileges and liberties. Which, in a nutshell, depends. ...

I’ll just say it. Making friends doesn’t come easily to me. I know a lot of people, but taking it to that next level just doesn’t happen with regularity. Maybe ...

Do you ever feel like happy times are always just out of your grasp? No matter how much you try to plan time to enjoy one another, something always seems to highjack your plans? I know there are seaso...

When was the last time you said no? Likely to your kids asking for ice cream before bed or to the latte stand gal asking if you wanted whip cream on your morning coffee (even though you wanted to say ...

Dear Diary, I am now 72 hours into my Pokemon Go adventure with my 9-year-old. What an adventure it has been! I have found that over the last 3 days I have exceeded my daily step goal by th...

Like you need one more thing on your to-do list. I know, I know. But listen, this is important.Like really. For a lot of us, it comes pretty naturally, the urge to nur...

It’s funny about parenting. I’ve read a lot of really great books, talked to very knowledgeable parents who’ve been at this a lot longer than I have and shared stories with moms of a...

Motherhood is a funny thing.  It’s hard to explain to someone who hasn’t yet been a mother, but most of the time motherhood is a very lonely experience, even though we are ...

They say there is an easy way to tell if you are an introvert or an extrovert.  Just ask yourself this question: “How do I recharge?”  If your idea of renewing yoursel...