“You mean the things on the Internet are not true?” questioned Alana. My 17-year-old daughter had been researching information about stomach pain on the Internet and came to me because she was sure that...
When I think about the definition of persistence, I think of this video: My favorite part of this video is that my daughter never gets frustrated at any point. Her feet slip and slide...
Family / Holidays / Motherhood
As Mother’s Day approaches, I ponder the history, intent, and expectations of the day. I decided to do a little research. Celebrations of motherhood can be traced back to early Greeks and Romans who...
If there was an award for working with the most family therapists, I would be writing my speech. Over the last 20 years, I received therapy services from eight different therapists. Each professional taught...
“We have to go to school in the summer? Noooo!” whined my daughters after I presented my plan for the family to attend a French-language school. I thought my idea was “fantastique”, but my...
I love traditions! I grew up enjoying the traditional Easter basket, egg hunt, and Sunrise Service at church. Once I had my own family, we continued two of the three traditions. Since my husband...
Recently, I attended a Zoom Travel Writing class taught by two talented, highly experienced writers, Sylvia Sabes and Meher Mirza. Since there were no prerequisites, I signed up. I figured if everyone started pointing and laughing at...
As a child, my family rarely traveled to adventurous locations. Travel for us was to load the family into the avocado green station wagon and head to grandma’s house. The first time that I...