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Grown Children, Living
February 10, 2019
5 Minute Read

To the Stepparents Who Love Their Bonus Kids So Well—Thank You

Last summer, I was trying to back up our lawn tractor with a trailer on it. If you’ve ever tried to back up a trailer, you know that it’s…

Grown Children, Kids, Living
January 27, 2019
2 Minute Read

I Thank God Every Day For the Gift of Being a Grandma

When I was raising my children, my life was always a burst of activity. I had a full-time job, and I rushed and forth from work, trying to squeeze in…

Grown Children
January 23, 2019
3 Minute Read

Thank You, Mom and Dad, For Everything

Thank you, Mom, for making the sacrifice to bring me into this world. Pregnancy and labor are long and unbearable at times, but you did it all for…

Grown Children, Kids, Teen
January 14, 2019
3 Minute Read

This Gillette Ad Shows Boys How Real Men Behave

Sing it with me now, kids of the 80s and 90s, “Gillette! The best a man can geeeeet!” It’s a famous jingle that most of us…

Grown Children, Kids
December 27, 2018
3 Minute Read

Best Dad Ever Books Six Flights So He Can Spend Christmas With His Flight Attendant Daughter

I always feel so sad for folks who have to work on Christmas, but usually I’m thinking about medical professionals who, you know, have to keep…

Child, Grown Children, Kids, Motherhood
December 17, 2018
4 Minute Read

A “Do Nothing Christmas” is All Your Kids Need

I have a friend who also has four sons. Hers are a few years younger than mine (I have two at college so I do get a break), but she is really in the…

Grown Children, Kids
December 7, 2018
6 Minute Read

Battling the Sting of Toxic Relatives: Why Our Kids Need Us to Show Them How

In dealing with our difficult relatives, the troublemaker kind who seem to blight most family trees, my husband and I have always attempted to shield…