Teaching Kids About Charitable Giving

A few days before Christmas, my 4yo son and I were heading into a store when he noticed the Salvation Army bell ringer out front. My son waved to the man, who enthusiastically waved back...

One Mother, Two Women

There’s a “me” I’m worried my kids will never know, and sometimes the thought breaks my heart. If they had seen me during a work trip in Los Angeles last week...

Teaching Kids Financial Responsibility with Kidworth

A few weeks ago, my daughter went on a campus visit to the college she hopes to attend next Fall. Watching her take these steps toward her future has given me reason to think over how my...

Holidays without Family: Relaxing or….Boring?

Among all the things we considered when moving from Oregon to Texas, we never fully recognized how hard it would be to come home and visit. Isn’t that odd? We were focused on what the...

The Only Thing That Gets To Me Is Everything

My family is more than four months in to this temporary situation of living apart – my husband in Chicago during the week, the kids and I in Houston. There are many things about our...

I’m Too Young To Have a Child This Old

It happens often when I mention my 17yo daughter to a stranger or someone I’m just getting to know, they ask in genuine surprise, “Are you old enough to have a senior in high...

Life’s Messy Moments

A post over at SITS Girls this week asks the question “Got a Messy Moment?” Um…yeahhhhh. But I’m not sure they’re even classified as “moments”...

Fostering Relationship and Responsibility with my Preschooler

Over the past month, I’ve been using an iPhone app called Marble Jar to encourage my 4yo son to adopt more age-appropriate responsibilities. The efficiency of the app has depended on...