We recently spent a long weekend with my in-laws, who are the best storytellers I have ever met. They provide exquisite detail and plot twists that make even a trip to the grocery store sound enthralling. We pass many...
The best party I’ve been to in ages took place on a weekday afternoon and lasted about 20 minutes. I was served water and three gummy fruit snacks and sat in a tiny wooden chair about a foot off the ground....
My 6th grader is learning about Greek gods at school right now. He told my husband and me that while they were learning about Dionysus, the god of wine, winemaking, grape cultivation. . . and a few other things,...
One of my guilty pleasures is watching “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” I grew up in Jersey and even though my childhood in the Garden State looked nothing like the lives portrayed on the show, the casts' accents,...
I don’t know about you, but I suffered from the Fear of Missing Out before it was the acronym FOMO. I would have been a mess as a teen if I had access to social media. I worried a...
The Super Bowl is this Sunday, and, for the 11th time, the Patriots are in it. You may feel one of three ways about this: very excited, very annoyed, or very indifferent. In a big picture sense, I'm indifferent,...
A typical nuclear family comprises the main breadwinner and the caretaker who’s in charge of the children and the household. Both must perform equally for the greater good of the family. Raising children has almost always required that construct.
Conventionally,...
The chase was intensifying. Two kindergarten boys (my son and a friend from school) were in pursuit of my four-year-old daughter with plastic lightsabers, while she sported a combination of Star Wars/Knight/Pirate attire and sprinted around our backyard.
Suddenly, a...
Some people just LOVE the holiday season and it brings so much joy and tradition to their homes. Although it’s hard for me to admit without seeming like a Grinch, I don’t particularly love this time of year. From...
When it comes to gifts, it truly is the thought that counts, but let's face it: not every idea is a good one. What should you do with those less than perfect presents you received over the holidays? That's...
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