Tag Archives: Relationships

You’ve heard the saying “Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me,” right?!  I have the most wonderful fun 17 year old daughter.  She is bright, fun...

When people think of orphans, they think of countries like Africa, Russia, or China. While there is a very real need in other parts of the world, many people are blissfully unaware of the epidemic hap...

To error is human. We all do it. Sometimes it’s good to remind ourselves that good can come from our slip-ups, too. It’s so very easy to beat ourselves up when our best intentions...

For this week's post, scheduled to be published on September 23, 2015, I thought it would be fun to see what meanings the date had.  Maybe it was National Brush-Your-Cat Day.  Or, maybe it m...

I never really met this girl, but I saw her around all the time. Our kids sorta-kinda knew each other and although we’d smiled in passing, we never really introduced ourselves. To be honest, she...

When I became a mom five years ago, one of the many things I didn’t know was how much I would treasure the relationship that my kids have with their grandparents. I am truly blessed in my life w...

When I was seventeen, my best friend, Tania, and I jumped into my white Plymouth Duster and drove from State College, Pennsylvania, to Atlanta, Georgia—straight through in thirteen hours. We dro...

My mom’s name was Dorothy.  And, like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, she faced many challenges in her life.  But, somehow she also managed to have grand adventures and befriend some pret...

It’s a new school year and things will be a bit different for us.  You see, our 17 year old daughter has decided not to go forward with playing Basketball.  “Who cares!” yo...

I remember watching my eldest get on the kindergarten bus on her first day of school.  There was fear in her eyes and she looked way too tiny to be heading off to face the world on her own. ...