Problem solving your way to a better future I always feel a little pang of sadness and frustration when I encounter someone with no desire to figure out a problem. I wonder how they lost their curiosity. Was it something not encouraged in their home or at school, or...
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Thankful for Happiness
These four boys have no idea how they’ve changed my life for the better. They may be a few years older now (hopefully I’m a little wiser) but I’m thankful everyday to be their mom. Thankful too for the man who has been my partner on this journey. Family is everything...
Parents Behaving Badly
I've been in the middle of watching one of my son's hockey games when a parent from the opposing team decided to act like a total crazy person and berate one of the players on our team. What's more is that this are 16 year old boys is has happened multiple times. What...
Boys: Understanding Depression, Preventing Suicide #NotAlone
As news broke that the missing Ohio State football player's body had been found, I was coincidentally working on writing this article on depression and suicide prevention. A few months ago, my dear friend Sam had the terrible misfortune of losing his son to suicide. I...
Travel with kids and flight delays
Travel with kids requires a great deal of patience and preparation, when unexpected interruptions change plans...it can be a messy situation. Yesterday the 4 boys, my hubby and I embarked on our journey home from sunny Aruba after 2 hours to get through customs and a...
Time to get back to basics with simple fun
I feel like life has become so planned, from one moment to the next, one week to the next month. It kind of sucks. Everybody is so conditioned to multitasking madness that I don't even think it seems weird anymore...but it is. I hate that the boys are so used to...




