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Desensitize my Kids?!
I was participating in a women’s prayer meeting at a church where I was relatively new. Until that day, I regularly offered prayer for others, but rarely requested any for myself. As my children...
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Moms of Teen Boys: Be Encouraged!
I got longer than most Moms. More hugs, more “I love you’s”, more devotion from my son than any other Mom I know. That was, until he turned 14 years and two months old. In one overnight sleep from...
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My face through my son’s hockey helmet…
My son’s wide, blue eyes beamed through the cage of his hockey helmet, and I noticed he was really looking at me. I was standing over him in the Emergency Room, as he lay on a stretcher, still in...
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Loreal Voluminous Mascara
At 40-something and having a 16-year old daughter who is very into makeup, we have used countless mascaras in our home. Although I’m always willing to try something new, I inevitably go back to Loreal...
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My Empty-Bucket List
For many years, I’ve conducted an activity with my college students, asking them to create their own version of the famous “Bucket List”. I warn them that the list should not include professional...
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My Mid 40′s Identity Crisis
Maria Shriver confessed in her book, Just Who Will You Be? that she felt as though she was “smack-dab in the middle of what felt like a world-class identity crisis”. That feeling resonates wildly...
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Why I Started Blogging
Inspired by another blogger who shared her reasons in a post, here are mine: 1.) The “timing” of “loneliness”. Despite more activity in our nest than in years gone by (continuous house traffic from...
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Is College Worth It?
There are two dominant themes throughout the book Is College Worth It? by William J. Bennett and David Wilezol: 1) overpriced higher education and 2) considering the heights of underemployment and...
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Choose My Battles?
Last week my husband suggested that I more carefully “choose battles” with my twin 16-year olds. Spending so much time together during the summer apparently had me criticizing them about “stupid...
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Getting Ahead or Enjoying the Moment?
Recently, my daughter had her very first job interview. After we decided on her outfit and printed a copy of her resume, I wondered if they’d offer a 401K plan. Although utterly absurd, the thought...
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3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Tomorrow, our kids here in the Northeast return to school and that means packing 3 lunches by 6:30am! The kids look forward to the dessert and snacks at lunch (hopefully eaten after the healthy food)!...
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3 Teenagers with 97 Practices and 68 Games – In 60 days.
My girls each play one fall sport and my son plays two. Since he has a lighter ice hockey schedule this year, he joined Varsity soccer as a second sport. The above title does not include Saturday...
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The Ducks Will Follow
Walking through my favorite local park, I stopped to watch a Mama duck cross my path with her four offspring. The waddling brood weren’t babies and they weren’t fully grown, so I immediately identified...
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I’m Going to Read the Entire Bible – This Week!
I have days when I’m disappointed with the amount of time I’m spending on worldly routine vs. the time I’m spending connecting with God. About six times a year, I resolve to “get better” with my...
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The (Un) Enthusiastic Mom
Ten years ago I had a quote on my cork board in my home office. It read: “Be the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.” One of my friends spotted it one day and laughed, “That’s you alright.”...
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Shhh…I’ve Been Doing “Nothing”!
My husband and I are both “A-” personalities. I know a few true type-A’s, and while I might admire their daily sanitized and shining kitchen floors, that’s not happening in my house! Therefore, I’m an...
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Normal Is Good
After a fitful sleep last Thursday night, I stumbled into the bathroom half-awake on Friday morning. Going through my regular routine, I held a cotton ball in my hand, ready to use toner on my face....
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I Didn’t Want to Leave Church on Sunday
I especially didn’t want worship to end. As is often true for believers, sometimes the hardest weeks end in the most intimate worship. It is something inexplicable to those who don’t know Christ....
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The Boston Marathon Bombing
As today marks the anniversary of last year’s tragedy in Boston, I am re-posting what I wrote last year in response. After contemplating the horror of what happened, my youngest daughter came to the...
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Mom Is Breaking The Rules?
I’ve often proclaimed that I am a rule follower. I like rules. They work for my inner cautious child who craves order. “Grey areas” make me uncomfortable and delay my decision making ability. I tend to...
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