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Happy New Year! It's been a celebratory start to 2026 as I honor another year around the sun this week. January is my birthday month. On Thursday, I blew out two candles and made two wishes. And just like that I officially inched even closer to the big 7-0. January is [...]

Dove gray, damp and dull, the sky seems directly connected to my emotions on a dreary Sunday morning. I open a window desperately gasping for a breath of fresh air, but I am met with the musty scent of the screen instead. Toddler, Teenager, it doesn't matter. When your child isn't [...]

I remember the afternoon I taught my daughter to ride her bicycle without training wheels, running alongside her with my fingers curled around the back of the seat to ensure she didn't fall. I can still see it in my mind's eye.What I remember most vividly, though — what I [...]

Here I sit in the family room, where at one time giggles and fun buzzed through the air. Toys would litter the floor and my main concern would be not to step on a Lego. Cares were simple and hurts easily fixed with a bandaid. It's hard being the mom [...]

Parenting is hard. When I started this adventure, I had no idea that this parenting gig lasts way longer than the promised 18 years. Whether we know it or not, our words and actions continue to shape our children's lives well into adulthood. Our big kids still absorb what we [...]