Parenting
A Mom’s Magic at Christmas
“The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads” … Every year on Christmas Eve, I read “Twas the Night Before Christmas” to my kids. We all sit on one bed--usually a dog pile or WWE match occurs during the...
Beyond the Whistle
High school sports are the best. Unpaid athletes coming together for the sole issue of being part of a team, representing their school and community and playing a sport they love. Sure, some do it in hopes of gaining a scholarship but since the percentage of high...
The Motherhood of the Brotherhood
Thanksgiving Day means gratitude, family, and feeding our faces all day with obnoxious amounts of food. It means morning Turkey Trots, afternoon naps, evening lounging and laughing with those you love. For high school football players, practicing on Thanksgiving...
Another Day, Another Tragedy
Dear America, What’s going on? Another day, another tragedy. Hasn’t this year been bad enough? When will it end? As soon as we stop the bleeding on one wound, you open another. I’m angry at you for allowing the hemorrhaging to continue and the acts of pure hatred...
The New Boogeyman Could Be in Your Kids Hands
No language or words can express the power of the love a parent feels for their child. It’s indescribable and for many of us, it was an instant love. I remember being handed my first-born moments after he was born and being overwhelmed by the immense...
Embracing our Daughters Begins by Embracing Ourselves First
I remember praying when I was pregnant with our youngest child for a daughter. Of course, we prayed for a healthy child and said the gender didn’t matter, but secretly I was hoping for a girl. I was blessed to have two healthy boys with strong Y genes from the...
The Best Thirty Minutes
The call came on Saturday night around 9:40pm. "Hi Mom" the familiar voice said. I stopped, smiled and without thinking found myself gravitating towards his bedroom, a place that once kept him safe every night and cocooned him from the world. But now- as a...
