This is the year of impossible choices. Absolutely crushing, no-good-options, completely impossible choices. For everyone...but maybe especially parents.
Keeping children inside and away from other kids for a few weeks is one thing. What about keeping them away from children...
Christmas of 2017: gone was my child-free, 30-something, free and easy lifestyle that came with its own nonchalant and devil-may-care attitude towards most things in life. Many of my friends and family members had already ventured down the path...
2020 has sure done a number on us. Remember when the new millennia was supposed to be this huge thing, when we worried about the Y2K madness that was going to disrupt our lives? 2000 came… uneventfully. The Y2K...
I miss my friends, colleagues, and relatives. I miss my circle of people. I miss hugs. I really MISS HUGS! Life has not been the same since the pandemic restricted our way of life. All of us, especially parents,...
Picking my daughter up from preschool the other day, the lead teacher tipped me off to a nickname my 3-year-old has earned among the faculty, most of whom also taught her older brother and sister. I had a split...
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Three years ago, Carew Papritz had the idea to begin National Thank You Letter Day; a day that not only teaches kids about the importance of gratitude, kindness, manners, and civility, but also serves as an opportunity to teach...
While preparing yourself for the parenting role, you try and cover every possible option; like leaving no stone unturned, literally and figuratively. You read anything you can get your hands on; books, blogs, articles, and parenting magazines and Google...
We are in a pandemic, and painting your nails is probably one of the last things on your mind. Trust me, I get it. After the nail salons closed and the most intense phase of quarantine began, I didn’t...
Since September is coming to a close and it is National Friendship Month, I have someone I want to tell you about; my best friend Jen. In August of 1991, I walked onto the campus of Albion College in...
My daughter will be wrapping up her middle school career this month, and it is a ride I want to get off—a ride with ups/downs, twists and turns, and a few curve balls along the way. One of the...
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