Feb 21, 2015 |
This post is part of the 1000 Voices for Compassion movement, an online campaign happening on February 20, 2015 (or on February 21, if you’re an overwhelmed mom of three, trying to cultivate self-compassion…) to flood the blogosphere with kindness, caring, compassion,...
Feb 3, 2015 |
I had a great morning on Saturday, geogaching with two of my boys in the Open Space near where we live. It’s beautiful out there – like our own private national park. It’s right in the city, but feels like a million miles away. As we hiked through the rolling...
Dec 9, 2014 |
Well, this week’s “HOW of Parenting” topic comes at the perfect time! I’m on day five of having a sick kid with a fever and itchy, ugly hives coming and going every few hours. I know you can relate. Maybe not to my son’s symptoms, but to mine: worry that he has some...
Nov 13, 2014 |
“Have you heard about the woman who confronted a mother about her tantruming child in a line at a California department store and was clocked by the mother?” I’ve heard some version of this questions asked a gazillion times over the past few days. The media has...
Nov 4, 2014 |
I’m guessing I’m not the only parent who, from time to time, finds him or herself in a certain situation and thinks, “Wow! This is not what I imagined my life would look like!” The other day my oldest had a couple of friends over, and the five boys were out front...
