I love reading about parenting. I love surfing the web about parenting. Of course, I am particularly interested in Motherhood. I came across a great site today – recommended by another amazing site. It is a site for “Smoms” (stepmoms). … Continue reading
I passed on a nugget of wisdom to the kids that I learned. A friend relayed how when he was younger, his parents taught him to only say things that were “Kind, True and Necessary” (KTN). If it’s missing one … Continue reading
We are finally back together! Zach and Josh arrived last night with their Grandparents. They had a great time. (Sorry for the iphone pics) Josh called me “Ama” (what they call their Grandmother) all the way home. It was quite … Continue reading
I got a text the other day from one of my BFF’s who mentioned that she was impressed with the fact that while my boys were away I was taking the time to hang out with my skids. She thought … Continue reading
Zach and Josh have been calling me every night from Florida. They fill me in on their day – Zach usually with tons of details, Josh a little less – but getting better as the days go on (maybe because … Continue reading
When I was going through my divorce I did a lot of reading. One of my best girlfriends was also going through a divorce, so we would trade books, talk about the books, suggest reading different books. It was a … Continue reading
I just finished reading “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua. It is a book that brought up a lot of controversy in the recent past in the media. She got a lot of flack about some of … Continue reading
Apples and bananas are two very different fruit. I love bananas and I always have loved them. I love banana splits, I love chocolate and bananas, I love bananas in smoothies and I love peanut butter and bananas. I love … Continue reading
My phone was hijacked the other day. The culprit – wasn’t too hard to figure out – was Zach. We don’t lock our phones around here (both of us have had previously bad experiences with secrecy, phone locks, and computer … Continue reading
Over the past few weeks we had a couple of incidents with various kids – ok – ALL of the kids at one point and thought we’d explain the idea of “Emotional Bank Accounts”. I had read years ago Stephen … Continue reading