Tonight I had to perform minor surgery on our youngest son’s big toe. I’ll spare you the gory details, but share the drama, which resulted in me throwing up my hands and screaming “Trust me!” That is, hands-down, the most frustrating part of parenthood – my inability to snap my[Read more]
Our boys are 7 and 10, so we still play plenty of board games at our house. There’s very little I enjoy about board games because so much of what happens is decided by chance (not to mention all the crying when someone loses). My life is filled with enough[Read more]
You hear or read it all the time – I’m guilty of saying and believing it myself – computers and the Internet are wreaking havoc on our relationships. Sometimes I giggle and sometimes I sigh, when I see my husband with his Nook, me on my laptop, our oldest playing[Read more]
A good friend gave me a card that said, “There’s nothing a little lipstick can’t fix.” I cut those words out and stuck them to my laptop – first, because they remind me of my friend, her approach to life and her sense of humor; also, because “a little lipstick”[Read more]
If I had a nickel for every time I said, “If only they let me run things …” then I’d probably have enough money to hire the arms and legs I need to make all of my great ideas happen. It’s not a new concept: good managers are good at[Read more]
I’ve always loved ritual. Not sure I always knew that’s what it was – ritual – but I knew I loved rhythm and seasons and the familiar. New places and new experiences did not appeal to me as a child. Change made me nervous and surprises caused stress. I used[Read more]