No matter how old I get, there are some days I will never forget. The events are so etched in my memory, I can instantly be brought back to the exact feelings I experienced. My wedding and the births of my three children are days that fill me with pure joy whenever I think of them. Then there are the days that are just unimaginable, such as September 11, 2001. The panic … [Read more...]
Some Rules are Made to be Broken or How Ice Cream Became My Kids Favorite Weekend Breakfast
I’m a very prolific player in the markets. Not the financial kind. I’m talking about the one all moms are familiar with, the guilt market. I don’t want to brag, but in my 18 years of motherhood, 12 as the mom of three, I’ve developed a prowess for picking value and finding fault in my parenting that rivals anything Warren Buffett can do. Name a sector -- food, discipline, … [Read more...]
Five Tools to Help Special Needs Parents Through the School Years
As the new school year begins and I watch my youngest kids enter grades 9 and 7 and my oldest start his first year in college, I can’t help but think of all of the moms and dads with children entering kindergarten. My heart goes out to you if you’re the parent of child who doesn’t fit the “typical” mold. Perhaps your kid has dyslexia, like our oldest, or they struggle with … [Read more...]
The Best Parenting Lesson I Ever Received Came From My Dad
The best parenting lesson I ever received came from my dad. The lesson was delivered long before I became a wife to one and a mom to three. I was five. Back then, family trips to Eisenhower Park were one of my favorite things to do. No visit was complete until we visited the pigs at the park’s small petting zoo. Whenever my two younger sisters or I dared to get a little … [Read more...]
The Parenting Lesson My Youngest Child Taught Me
Our youngest child has always had a talent for building things out of just about anything he can get his hands on. Blocks, train tracks, vegetables, sticks, cups, or paper clips, are mediums he has used to create towns, castles, schools, and shopping malls. It’s not uncommon to see a trail of paper shreds leading to Peter sitting at the dining room table deep in thought as he … [Read more...]
