“Catching It” From Our Parents

“Catching It” From Our Parents

Recently, my husband made me laugh so hard that I spit water out of my nose. This is one of HIS favorite things to do. For me, not so much because it hurts. Anyway, what made me laugh so hard was when my husband said he was going to “catch it” from his parents if our...
The Manual Labor Internship

The Manual Labor Internship

In a world filled with fancy college internships and resume fluffing, my 19-year-old son came home from college and asked if he could work as a handy man this summer. This from a young man who had probably never touched a tool in his life and had zero skills or...
Father’s Day and Challenging Our Expectations

Father’s Day and Challenging Our Expectations

Happy Father’s Day to all of you dads out there. In my lifetime, the role of fathers seems to have changed dramatically. Although I had a very hands-on and involved father, my dad seemed to be more the exception than the rule when I was a child. Now it seems that...
Parenting Regrets?

Parenting Regrets?

As this was my first year as an empty nester, I had plenty of time to look back and analyze my parenting experience. I’ve met many people who have regrets about how they parented. I’m not big on regrets since they change absolutely nothing about the past. I do,...
A Review of the Empty Nest

A Review of the Empty Nest

My husband and I just finished our first school year of having an empty nest. I had mixed feelings about being an empty nester, vacillating between absolute dread and counting the minutes until our baby left for college. This seems like the perfect time to evaluate...