I started to write this post by answering a question: What was the kindest thing anyone ever did for me? And then my story morphed into how much a head of cabbage and a soccer ball look alike. While a head of cabbage and a soccer ball are the same size and shape, the similarities …
Life with Beck- Sleeping Arrangements
Today, our puppy Beck is 7 months old and still sleeping in the same bed with his 8 year-old buddy.
Slow Down Sister
There’s nothing like a painful injury to bring me to my knees and make me aware of the incredible power of mind and body.
Uncle Ock
A big man with a big voice and a big heart has died.
Wheeling Grandma
In trying to help, I only flaunted my own ineptitude in wheeling my grandmother. There should be a workshop for families on how to steer a wheelchair with empathy.
Poetry in April
Great poetry is about seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary.
Blogs, Brands and Kids. Oh my!
The uncomfortable truth about mommy bloggers, branding and kids.
What will you do differently today?
Early reader books. When I was a kid, I remember reading a book called A Happy Day. It was part of a series of early, start preschool readers developed by educators in the mid ‘60s to help young children to recognize and read a number of common one or two syllable words. My mom, a …
