Tag Archives: Relationships

I have a question for you, mommas. Have you ever felt inadequate in the face of other mom's social media posts? I know, stupid question. I have, too. I've been the mom who sees the Facebook posts and ...

There's a lot of pressure at the beginning of the school year. I'm not talking about the pressure to get organized. Or the pressure to get back into a routine. I'm not even talking about the pressure ...

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...

This past couple of weeks, our nation has been heartbroken over the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. And we all so desperately want to help. But many of us want to find creative ways ...

As the news reports come in, the devastation in Houston from Hurricane Harvey seems so extensive and unimaginable, it's hard to know where to start. Being so far removed from the tragedy makes it hard...

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...

Norm and his family moved in across the street. He, his wife and his two small children quickly made friends due to Norm's outgoing personality. Before long, he knew everyone and a sense of camaraderi...

We were all in a long row, my family of ten, singing at church. At the time, my oldest was sixteen and my youngests, my twins, were newborns. My oldest kids at that point had been in the baby game a l...

The relationship between grandmas and grandkids is so special. I wasn't blessed to have a grandma to love and nurture me. So, when my first grandchild was born I realized that I may not have HAD a lov...

The later into the week it gets, the earlier in the day I hear the sound. Monday it doesn't happen until about noon. By Wednesday, I hear it by 11 and by Friday it could happen first thing in the morn...