I cherish the notes I receive from my children—whether they are scribbled with a Sharpie on a yellow sticky note or written in perfect penmanship

Kindness Changes Everything
I cherish the notes I receive from my children—whether they are scribbled with a Sharpie on a yellow sticky note or written in perfect penmanship
Sometimes I find myself sitting behind the wheel of the car thinking, Enough. Enough with the bickering. Enough with the chauffeuring, the gas-guzzling, the bumper-to-bumper.
1. Bathe the kids every day. Children, unless they’ve been rolling in the mud, do not need a bath every day. In the summer I
Nothing reminds you that you’re a single parent quite like air travel with a toddler. During a trip home for Christmas last year, I brought
I have been a parent for nearly fourteen years, but without being aware of it, my preparation to be a parent began the moment I,
Tonight, Little Dude asked for a snuggle before bed. It was well past his bedtime and I was tired, cranky and had a stack of
Seven is the number of pounds I lost in my first trimester with my son, because I could not stomach anything but waffles, cereal, Pop
Last Summer during a torrential rain fall, I stood in the frame of our storm door in silence to listen to and understand the beauty
When my daughter Ella was in fourth grade, she got in the car one day after school and announced her plan to run for student
For the past six months, my 11-year-old daughter and I have been preoccupied with baby names. You see, when my sister-in-law invited Natalie and I
Dear Moms and Dads, I want to talk about something uncomfortable. It’s come to my attention that many of the best among you are making
My husband and I have always wanted a lot of kids. (Of course, “a lot” is a relative term, depending what your social circles look
One night a father overheard his son pray: “Dear God, Make me the kind of man my Daddy is”. Later that night, the Father prayed:
I would have given a kidney if someone would have done any of these things for me after the birth of my second child. To
I BLINKED . . . I blinked. . . When I opened my eyes I was responsible for four precious human beings. As they sit,
I wish I hadn’t taken my husband’s coffee pot and smashed it in the sink. I knew it the moment I steadied my shaking hands
Struggling to stay awake, the night is active all around me, enraptured by the dark that has blanketed the world. It is quiet. Too quiet
When you’re living a distracted life, every minute must be accounted for. You feel like you must be checking something off the list, staring at
Faith, just listen: Remember that first time your husband spun you around to change things up? Hold onto that… It is okay to feel relief
I have kept gratitude journals on and off for well over two decades, and several years ago, I introduced the concept of keeping a gratitude
Thanks to temperatures in the low 60s and a thunderstorm, today felt more like a spring day than the third day of January. The weather
This week, with the exception of Christmas Day, I am off of work and am spending the first week of my daughters’ Christmas vacation at
I found it quite appropriate that the shortest and darkest day of the year ended with merriment and light courtesy of my two daughters. Tonight,
‘NS’ wrote: “A baby just handed me this on my flight. I ain’t mad.” ‘jstrydor Commented: “I love the gesture and I think this was
When most people think of skills required in parenting, being quick is often one of them. Quick to notice, quick to assume, quick to catch