Parenting is busy. It truly can be a full time job. Whether it be school drop offs and pick ups, practice for this instrument, that dance, or some sport, doctors appointments, helping with homework, staying up until they can finally get to sleep, making lunches before they leave, being there for every talk, or anything…

      So many definitions for the word beautiful. For some it’s inside and for some it’s outside. But she, she was beautiful. How she managed to get the boy and managed to get his heart. No body ever turned and looked at us. No one searched for the girl with the broken smile,…

I enjoy days like today when I can look back on Valentine’s Day. I enjoy February 14th. It really is a great day to be alive. It makes me want to break out in song, “love is in the air”. It is a great day to express your love. A day to give and receive…

Self esteem is one of the hardest gifts to try to give to our children. I know that I have spoken of my three girls and they are quite different. They are not identical at all. This is great because I know for sure that the world does not need an exact replica of me….

We all have come across those moments with our kids when we know that something has happened. When they are little we recognize silence as a key sign of trouble on the horizon. When they are a little older they get quiet and try to avoid eye contact. Eventually we find ourselves becoming detectives. We…