...finding perfection in imperfection daily.
One look at my tween and you might think the thing my kid needs most is a haircut. While I’m inclined to agree with you, there are actually five things he needs even more and psst! They’re the same five things every tween and teen needs to be healthy and happy.
Admittedly, I’m a little stingy when it comes to birthdays – yes, even my kids’. It’s not that I don’t want to celebrate the momentous occasions of my children’s births, I just can’t get over the excess of it all. Relax, I’m not the kind of person who’s going to insist we celebrate Christmas in […]
Growing up can be scary, so it came as no surprise when Boy Wonder began exhibiting trepidation whenever the subject would arise. While I wish I could just wave my magic wand and make all of his fears disappear, I believe it’s my job to try and talk the fears out – try being the […]
What started out as this: Quickly became this: And seemingly within the blink of an eye, became this: Happiest of birthdays to my most tenderhearted sidekick. May you rock this 6th year like a boss. Infinite love to you, sweet boy.
I’m proud to belong to two incredible stepparents who each call me daughter. I imagine it must have been difficult for my stepparents to walk the hopeful tightrope into my life as part parent and part friend, but fortunately my story is a happy one. My stepmom and stepdad are two of the most important […]
Perhaps the greatest gift we can give our children is harmony within the home, but creating peace between siblings isn’t always easy. Siblings fight, it’s in their nature. They want the same things at the same times and at least one is always convinced that the other has more or better things than they do. […]
I don’t want to come out and say that I’m an indifferent parent; I’m just one of those parents who has priorities in addition to her children. And while my kids have always been and will continue to be my first and biggest priority, they get to own my heart – not every second of […]
After-school is the absolute busiest time of the day for so many of us. From homework to extra-curricular activities, there just never seems to be enough time! But no matter how busy our after-school schedules can be, refueling our kids’ growing bodies is necessary to give them the energy they need to perform their very […]
Every kid has a hero. Some kids idolize superheroes. Some kids look up to a favorite uncle or parent. My kid idolizes his big brother. From the time BooBoo was old enough to hold a crayon, he’s been peeking over Boy Wonder’s artistic shoulder trying desperately to follow in his big brother’s creative footsteps. So […]
Raising a tween is hard work. I never would have imagined longing for the day when my biggest worry was whether my kid might choke on a grape or get hurt on the playground, but I do. Today I worry that my budding teen might fall in with the wrong crowd, say yes to drugs, […]
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