Musings on being human
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The True Value and Purpose of a Family Meeting

"Mom, Iris is about to throw up," said my daughter Skye from the living room. I was in the kitchen, standing in front of the coffee...

Five Days Locked in My Winter Palace

I cracked my eyes open, just a bit. My bedroom was still dark with all the curtains closed, but I could see a pencil thin line of bright...

The Dark Side of Santa

I have two primary tenets when it comes to parenting... The first is: trust yourself. This is the best advice my mom ever gave me. She...

Saving Your Holiday Traditions

Holidays are sweet benchmarks for acknowledging the passing of time and seasons; they can be excuses to let loose and breakaway from the...

Fall Movie Night Lineup

In response to the shuttering of our local movie theater, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and inspired by my brother and his girlfriend’s...

A Pandemic Road Trip: Part 3

Welcome to the last 1,000 miles of my family’s road trip from Massachusetts to Colorado and back again. (You can catch up here on Part 1,...

A Pandemic Road Trip: Part 2

In case you missed Part 1 of this adventure, where my husband, my two children, my son’s girlfriend, and I drove 2,000 miles in 48-hours,...

A Pandemic Road Trip: Part 1

Seventeen states over 3 months, that’s the road trip my family and I did last summer. It was awesome! That was before the world shut...

Summer Movie Inspiration

Tuesday nights are discounted at our local movie theater; tickets are $6 each and an infinite bucket of popcorn only $4. Did I mention...

For the Love of Mom

I never wanted to be a mother. It was one of those things that just happened on my journey through life. It wasn’t an "oops", it wasn’t...

Is the holiday season more bummer than bliss?

This article is an invitation. It’s an invitation to do things differently, to reconsider what’s “always been done,” to rethink what's...