Editor's Note: This is part 2 of 2 posts. Read part 1 here.
Books
I was a bookworm when I was in grade school and college so I happen to appreciate traditional learning with books. Alas, not all books are created...
Editor's Note: This is part 1 of 2 posts.
There is public school and home school, but home school is not public school at home.
When I started teaching my daughters at home, I had the thought to do things in...
I remember it as if it was yesterday – it all began one summer in the mid-90’s. The sun was blazing and the radio was blaring in my cousin’s car on a fine L.A. morning. We were on our...
On the one year anniversary of COVID-19, it is totally appropriate to mourn what we’ve lost, but also to take a moment and reflect on what we’ve learned. While each of our circumstances have varied to staggering degrees, I’d...
Growing up, there was never really anything exciting about the month of March. We wore green on St. Patrick’s Day and ate mint chip ice-cream. That was it. Our family did not have birthdays to celebrate. Occasionally, we would...
Before I became a stay at home mom I worked for a start up company. In a lot of ways it taught me everything I know about how to run a business, but it also taught me the horrible...
The movie Save Yourselves is an apocalyptic comedy that speaks to our present moment more than anything else I have seen during the pandemic. The movie is about a thirty-something New York couple who spend a weekend in the...
Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
26th January 2021. (Approximately 8:30am)
As I sit with my laptop on the kitchen island, my phone beeps with a text message. It’s a WhatsApp...
A growing body of research shows the heart bows to the brain in intelligence. We do Yoga to unite our body, mind and heart. We make the connection first in ourselves and then in the world around us. This...
In romantic relationships, the dreaded words are: We need to talk. When it comes to family members, it’s even briefer: Please call me.
That’s the text message I received from my mom late on a recent Friday night, and my...