I recently had the opportunity to gather with more than 30 other members of the writer’s guild I belong to for our bi-annual retreat. We held workshops, learned from industry professionals, and heard the stories of published members about their road to publication. But more than that, we shared our lives – our hopes, our…
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Holiday Helps for Harried Moms
It’s the most exhausting time of year! For moms the duties of kid schlepping, meal cooking, and overall household management, are joined by holiday baking, gift buying, card sending, and party coordinating. Put it all together and you end up with many mothers who are barely surviving. I’m right there with them! Why does it end up…
My Favorite Things
Don’t you love it when you find a product or a system or a tool that improves your life? Maybe it simplifies a task. Or it saves you money. Or it brings beauty to your surroundings. Or all of the above. Well, those same qualities also make for good gifts. And since we can always…
Back to School Tips & Inspiration
The August parenting magazines are out. You’ll find lots of tips and inspiration for starting the school year off well. Here are some of the articles I contributed to this month’s issues: Become School Supply Savvy, Orlando Family By now you’ve probably gotten your kids’ backpacks pretty well stocked. But in case you’re still on…
Going After Dreams While Saving For Your Kids’ College
Living your bucket list dreams has to cost a lot, right? Can only the wealthy afford to check off their goals? Are the rest of us left to fulfill only one or two? Not really. My family is living out more dreams at a time when it would seem least likely for us to do…
One Family’s Laid-Back Approach to Youth Sports (& How it Turned Out)
I went to a parent meeting for the high school girls’ soccer team this weekend. I paid for uniforms, “met” the coaches, and learned what it will mean for my eldest to play for her school. But I hadn’t always assumed that day would come. In fact, for the last week during tryouts I sweated…
Why You Need to Rethink Social Media This Spring Break
We’re a connected society. Ellen DeGeneres’s record-breaking 2014 Oscars Twitter selfie is just one proof. We text, tweet, pin and post our way through our days. We browse, troll and read too. It keeps us in touch and informed. We can be supportive and get support. But there comes a time when social media usage can…
Brighten Your Spirit, Dazzle Your Calendar, Feed the Fam & Other January Articles
Well, we’ve survived the Polar Vortex and are halfway through January already. But where I live there are still two long months, an then some, until we start seeing signs of spring. We need a bit of hope to hang onto, right? Here are a few articles to bring warmth and light to your month….
Seasonal Bucket List… Or Activity List?
Are you working your way through a “Winter Bucket List” right now? Have you been putting ideas down for a “Spring Bucket List”? It’s time we set the record straight on seasonal lists and what we call them. Because the name really does make a difference – in what goes on the list and in…
A Month of Thankfulness
Happy November! Have you started counting your blessings yet? You might want to think about getting a head start on it. Because by the time Thanksgiving arrives, we’re so revved up to launch into the holiday season, that Thanksgiving itself gets the short end of the stick. We spend one day watching parades and football…