We went camping this last week as a family. We have 3 kids and they are 7, 3 and just barely 1. As we told people that we were going camping we received all kinds of comments about how crazy we were, or how people didn’t know how we did it. People were wishing that […]

Say yes to your child when they ask to stir the cheese into the macaroni even though it’s going to be a mess. Say yes to that brownie or scoop of ice cream or cake slice or cookie. Say yes to that long run you’ve been dreading. Say yes to letting your kids friends come […]

I was recently asked to participate in a documentary on divorce being produced in France, cool huh? Well, I mean, yes but I’m also part of the blogger community for the  Huffington Post in their Divorce section and….I guess I just don’t want everyone to see me as a divorce expert. I’ll get messages sometimes […]

I’ve been there from the beginning. I was there for your first breath and I remember the first time you opened those little eyes. The world was big but I knew that you were going to make it yours in your very own way. I believed in you because I knew you were strong. I […]

It’s been over 5 years. 5 years since I found out that my marriage was coming to an end. Not because I wanted it to but because he….wanted different things. I was in a naive happy place, I guess. A place where I didn’t realize that really bad things happen to everyone, even you. The […]

Sometimes our days suck right? I’ve had quite a few of them lately and I thought, “Hey, I’m sick of this” so I decided I wanted to do some things that wouldn’t necessarily change my circumstance but would change my attitude. Maybe, just maybe, if I change a few of the things that are within […]