My Ruby is good at a lot of things.   Things come easily to her, especially spelling.  She knows how words go together.  She did not get this skill from her father.  Even at 41, he [...]

I finally made it! My youngest son is starting pre-k. After raising four boys and and putting them through school, the last li’l chick is leaving the nest. So why do I feel like I’ve never [...]

I call to my son, M, to come quickly. He runs into the room and I jump under the covers. “Quick, M, the boat is sailing away to Dragon Island. You must get on and help capture the dragons!”

Now that the kids are back in school, what are you going to do with all your free time? (Ha, ha)

Step back and let them pick a day or two to choose whatever it is they want to do, without calling it a “good” idea or a “bad” idea, just let it be “their” idea of something they would like to do.

“Snow day!! No school!! ” Only a Superbowl victory could match this excitement!! I remember growing up how we would wait by  the radio all quiet listening to a static-y line of school closing rundowns waiting to [...]

I remember when I got the call from the school that my son had caused some trouble in class. He was just in kindergarten then. Since he was my only child and I was still a [...]

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”

Thomas Merton

The clock is ticking and school is just around the corner. Then Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas and all the birthdays and anniversaries in between. This is where the summer roller coaster ride is sitting at [...]

Next week is not going to be pretty. I start a new job and getting out of the house by 7:30 a.m. is going to be, um, a challenge.
You see, for the last 8 weeks [...]