1:45 pm I’m working yet another holiday on Labor and Delivery, but it’s mercifully slow. I chat with a doctor friend about our kids’ summer plans. The moment…
The impending birth of my daughter apparently gives me a “Rich Man’s Family”: One of each, so to speak, with the boy coming first. This, I believe, will…
When I was younger I loved coming home from school to find little surprises my mom might leave for me on my bed. So today I smiled as…
In the world of fake news, I am happy to report some real-life news that you can take to the bank. The Earth is flat. Put your troll…
Twenty-four hours. That is precisely the amount of time that most mums are given, during sick leave. Now, let me clarify, by sick leave, I don’t mean paid…
Hurricane season has commenced. And I have a confession: I am a storm chaser. I don’t drive through hurricanes … helicopter into the eye of a storm ……
I thought knitting was about making mittens that don’t keep your hands warm and drinking tea. I was right about the tea. Full disclosure, I tried knitting once.…
Modern life is hectic and crazy, and with the omnipresence of social media, it’s easy to get exposed. For this reason alone, a teenager’s self-esteem in today’s age…
There are 14-year-old kids in my daughter’s 7th grade class. She is still 12. We live in a southern state. Apparently this is normal. I was a mid-September…
Remember the good old days when all we had to worry about was allergies? I’m not talking about real allergies – like my best friend who WILL spontaneously…
The United States just withdrew itself from the U.N. Human Rights Council. Trump claims the organization is biased and that the move has nothing at all to do…
Art Linkletter may have thought kids say the darnedest things. My money’s on the grownups. Parents say the most inane, irrational things. And we do it with such…
Two well known and liked celebrities committed suicide. Of course I found this news out while scrolling through my Facebook feed. Soon after, the “concerned” statuses went up.…
This is an open letter to everyone who insists you shouldn’t travel with kids. You can stop hammering me with stupid comments like ‘They won’t remember!’, ‘They might…