It seems that almost every day we read a terrible story of a child suffering chronic abuse at the hands of bullies. These aptly named people seem to be relentless in their ability to attack, demean, and belittle their intended victim. In trying to understand why...
When my oldest child was a sophomore in high school he dropped a big bomb on me. He asked to stop taking Spanish class and instead take . . . guitar. I’d always planned on my children being bilingual. You may think this would be a good time to point out that that...
Last year my oldest child left for college, which happened about 24 hours after he was born. Or at least that’s how it felt to me. I can look back and think of a few things that I regret as his mom, nothing too serious, just a thing or two that I might change. I...
This is the year that my daughter begins high school. I’m trying very hard not to be fearful or dread it yet I can’t help but remember the hell that I gave my mother and her promise that she’s going to laugh when I have my own teen-aged daughter. Throw in my...
My 14-year-old daughter breaks my heart every summer as she joyfully hops on her camp bus to her so called “home away from home”. She leaves this Sunday so I asked her if she’d write my July blog for me. I didn’t tell her what she could or should write about and this...
I’m sure it started earlier than this but I began to notice it when I was pregnant with my first child. “You shouldn’t drink wine, or eat peanut butter or shell fish. Don’t gain more than 30 pounds (which I misunderstood to mean per month vs. the whole pregnancy).” ...
