Parenting

Having two babies very close together is becoming more and more common. Sometimes it is intentional and a lot of times it is a surprise to parents. I remember the day I read the results of the pregnancy test;...

November is National Adoption Month across the country. It began as a week to raise awareness about adoption in Massachusetts in 1976, and then President Clinton expanded it to be the full month of November in 1995. Locally, we...

Getting your kids involved in volunteer opportunities is a great way to help them grow into caring, compassionate adults. My husband and I have volunteered in the past, but honestly I never really put much thought into involving my...

Preparing To Be Parents When we were preparing to become parents, I remember lying in bed each night, being completely consumed by all the things we needed to start thinking about. Should we set up the nursery right away? What...

August of 2019, my four-year-old son came running up to me and my husband with his Halloween costume idea. I’ll admit, I kind of smirked. What four-year-old doesn’t change his mind about his costume a million times in three...

When I was 8,  my family of five piled into our VW Jetta and headed south on a 20-hour drive to the beach. My mom was six months pregnant with my youngest sister, and my brother was carseat-bound, nestled...

Who else out there remembers watching TV with their parents? I sure do. There was "Remington Steele," "Hart to Hart" and the bizarre yet enchanting "Beauty and the Beast" (starring a pre-"Terminator" Linda Hamilton) with my mom; "Magnum P.I.," "MacGyver"...

My son’s name is Rhys (pronounced Reese). I got the name while I was reading Sharon Kay Penman’s “Welsh Princes” series. Those books are fantastic historical fiction but absolutely devastating. My mother’s grandmother was named Gladys and my Mom’s...

The Importance of Self-Esteem Self-esteem has always been important, but it seems even more important today. Our kids have so much to manage these days. Just to name a few... Busy schedules Busy distracted parents Bullies Pressure to excel at school...

Whether you are having baby number one or baby number five, there are always many to-do’s before the baby arrives. As I am preparing for baby number three, I realized that even experienced moms can get easily overwhelmed with...