December 12, 2019 4 tips to do more with your family photos If you’re like most people, you have a phone or hard drive overflowing with photos that you haven’t organized or done anything with. Or,…
November 28, 2019 To have a kid… or not I was staunchly childfree by choice for many years before E and I had Z. As a feminist, I was adamant that a woman…
October 14, 2019 Sometimes I suck as a parent I’m a pretty good parent most of the time. Even a great one sometimes! But there are definitely moments when I am not so…
September 16, 2019 Why do kids like s-c-a-r-y things? Our sweet, innocent little 9.5 year old keeps asking to watch the movie It. She heard about it from schoolmates and has become obsessed…
August 18, 2019 Our week with no screen time This summer, our darling daughter got grounded for a week for behavior unbecoming of a 9 year old living under our roof. Her punishment…
July 30, 2019 Why is she growing up so fast? No one prepared me, yet again, for the crazy amount of emotional and psychological development that happens in female kiddos between 8 and 9….
July 9, 2019 Mom, I’m bored. Can this summer be over soon, please? I am serious. As much as I love the weather, there’s a lot about summer I don’t…
June 12, 2019 Loving – and letting go of – another family’s child When we signed up to host an international exchange student through YFU, we were ready for the adventure of bringing a young cultural ambassador…
May 26, 2019 The last day bouquet Just like I get all my great ideas from other mom blogs, my darling daughter gets hers from watching Youtube videos. She especially loves…
March 9, 2019 Try everything! Whenever I spend time with Napa and her fellow YFU international exchange students, I am inspired. These kids range in age from 15-17, speak…
