Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. This means that you can’t open a paper, magazine, or website without finding a host of articles on gratitude. You can even find articles complaining about the people who write about how grateful they are. I have always found this topic fairly easy to write about. Counting my blessings is pretty easy as I have much in my life to be … [Read more...]
It Really Does Take a Village to Raise a Child
It’s that time of year again. A few weeks ago I started getting notes home from my daughter’s special needs school, first reminding, then begging me, to please send in this year’s parent intake form This is the form that asks me questions such as, do I think my special needs daughter will be her own guardian? (No.) Or, what are my hopes for her future? (I have no idea. I … [Read more...]
The Christmas Music War
In just a few short days, a battle’s going to break out in my (mostly) happy home. Every November, my family starts its annual Christmas Music War. Each year it’s me against my husband, Joe, and the three darlings that I brought into this world. I might add after a collective 36 hours of labor and three, count them three, C-sections. This year, I’m taking a proactive … [Read more...]
The Happy Ending That Was Really a Beginning
“Well that’s it, I’ve finally flipped,” was all I could think of as I spent the 45-minute commute into my office obsessing over the fact that we didn’t have enough life insurance on my husband. I couldn’t understand why I was obsessing on this, considering that our family was Joe, me, and our cat. Obviously it was time to take my fertility doctor up on her offer to give … [Read more...]
Making Our House a Home
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. A few weeks ago my kids were looking at some old photos from when our oldest, Tom, was a toddler. Back then we were living in a sweet little house in Queens. It brought back so many memories seeing my first baby as he was watching Blue’s Clues in our pink living room decorated with a pastel colored sofa, throw pillows … [Read more...]
