I recently watched a video about a group of friends who decided to do something crazy for love. They have a friend who is battling breast cancer, and wanted to show how much they support her. Watch what they did… I love it. I love that they took something that separated their friend — something that […]
Monumental Mom Mistakes
Many Thursdays online are often called “TBT” or throw-back-Thursdays, and it’s no different here. I usually try to find a favorite nugget of truth or inspiration from my archives or elsewhere on the Web to share with you. Tuesday’s post about my report-card-day letter seemed to strike a chord with so many of you that […]
Letter to My Daughter on Report Card Day
My daughter sulked through the front door and laid the tell-tale manila envelope on my desk with such a huff that it seemed she was thoroughly deflated. “More of my grades went down than went up!” She barely got the words out before I saw the first tear make its appearance in the corner of […]
PG-13 Brownies
Time for a parenting post from the archives. The following was originally posted on my personal blog on May 29, 2008, when I had two young kids in elementary school. (Wow! I can’t believe it’s been that long!) Figured it was worthwhile to repost for anyone who is now navigating the role of media influence […]