Parenting Snapshots: Keepers or Not?
As I head into my last year of having a child living full-time in my home, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking back on so many parenting moments. Sometimes I’m melancholy and sometimes gleeful, yet I try to think of the parenting snapshots I’d really like to...
College Tips from a Seasoned Mom
My third child has started the college search as he moves into his senior year of high school. I’ve done the college search with two other children and thus consider myself somewhat of a seasoned expert on the topic. With that hubris in mind, I thought I’d share a few...
Father’s Day
This weekend is Father’s Day. I like this day because I enjoy honoring my wonderful father and my husband, the father of my children. I’ve been blessed with fabulous men in my life from my father, husband, brother, and loving uncles to mentors and educators who...
The Baby’s Journey
When I was thirty-seven years old and about to start a doctoral internship in psychology, I found out I was pregnant with my son. I actually know how babies are conceived, so I shouldn’t have been surprised that I was pregnant. Yet years of infertility and my doctor’s...