Parenting With Heart And Humor
It was a pretty normal Tuesday morning. I was on my way to work, dressed in my standard navy business suit with a few snot stains around my knees and some crusty baby food over my left shoulder. The two oldest kids were in school, while our youngest was at home with our nanny. (At the time, we only View Post
In hindsight, we all have defining moments in our lives that changed, molded and shaped us. Either we were changed against our will, improved after careful planning or shaped through serendipity.Before this experience, I considered myself a pretty good parent to our two young boys. But I View Post
Motherhood is part creating attachment and equal parts detaching, ever so lovingly - at JUST the right time. Today I witnessed a beautifully executed loving detachment, made possible by a mutually strong attachment. This miracle happened because I used a incredibly simple (and effective) solution to View Post
I may, or may not have a slight obsession with canvas art projects, as you will see over the next few months. The versatility of creating lasting pieces of art that commemorate our little ones’ creativity is, to me, the perfect gift for relatives. I also love using our canvas art throughout the View Post
EUREKA! I realized something BIG last week, something life changing. Picture this for a moment… Our two oldest kids go to different schools. Five days a week I sit in FOUR car lines. You may not know what a “car line” is if you don’t have kids who attend school outside of the home. Consider yourself View Post
The Night I Saved The Girl With Steel Blue Eyes:I looked deeply into her vaguely familiar steel blue eyes. There was a warmth about them, but also something so broken, sad and lacking sparkle. We stood there and stared each other down for a long time. That’s when I heard it - his words. His View Post
Have you ever had to be so REAL with your child that it hurt? - Like you were punched in the gut?! Well, today I managed to stay authentic when parenting got real, it was down-right raw!It was a normal afternoon after school pickup. The kids’ mouths didn’t stand still for a minute. They were View Post
My newsfeed is blowing up lately with articles about friends. There are tips on how to meet like-minded friends, how painful it is to lose them and why we need them. Lately I have been disappointed, frustrated and upset with the concept of friends… and then it dawned on me… I DO have that View Post
Today's article is a guest post! Marissa is a licensed Mental Health Counselor who specialized in couple's counseling and child development before starting her own family. She has been published in many academic journals and magazines. We run ourselves ragged these days, and frankly, we’re View Post
Americans are busy people. We run to and fro at a high rate of speed. We over-schedule our days all in an effort not to miss anything. We thrive on productivity, a concept that is often confused with “a lot of harried movement.” As a culture we unfortunately no longer value “downtime”/ “free time” View Post
“I just want him to be happy!”, how many times have you as a parent thought that about your child? From a parenting perspective, “happiness” is the greatest measure of success. Every single day we are a faced with opportunities to thoroughly screw up our kids, but at the end of the day, if they go View Post
I am thrilled to introduce a new blog series called “Ten Things Other Parents Need to Know About…” Each blog post will feature a complex medical condition and a parent with an affected child will answer ten questions. These posts will be an invaluable resource to other parents with newly diagnosed View Post
I am thrilled to announce that I recently accepted a new position, read all about my promotion!This is the job I applied for:Executive to Supervise a Team of Micro-ManagersCandidate must possess the following qualifications:Excellent conflict negotiation and resolution skills. Prior View Post
Elevators intrigue me. In the corporate world we are encouraged to have an “elevator pitch”, a quick blurb that you can spout off to a complete stranger in the time the elevator takes you from the lobby to your designated floor. Your elevator pitch should convey to said stranger what it is you View Post