Some of the things I love about homeschooling are the opportunities I have to learn with my children about all sorts of big ideas – including our latest – the stock market. How did this subject most recently bubble to the…
Parenting
5 Things for a New Single Parent to Remember
I was carpooling today with another mother following a bus to our children’s field trip. We were chatting about all sorts of things, small topics and large when the topic of when I became a newly single parent worked its way…
At a Loss on Election Day
Next Tuesday is Election Day. And I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m at a loss on Election Day. Every presidential election, I vote. I vote based on my own reasons and beliefs at that time and…
Is ‘Gay’ A Bad Word?
“Ma….is ‘gay‘ a bad word?”, my son asked me from the back seat as we made our way to a doctor’s appointment. There was a ton of traffic and it was just the two of us. He’s ten and I…
School Day Hunger
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” – Mother Teresa Today, I read a story about a boy who asked his mother to start packing him an extra lunch for school. The mother learned that…
No More Homework!
Elementary school children are burdened with the worries and pressures of the strain of common core and it spills into the hours after the school day ends. It’s time to take back our children’s time in the afterschool hours and fill them with hope instead of homework worries.
Mothers and Daughters
With Mother’s Day coming up, I am reminded of the complexities that can exist between many mother-daughter relationships. There is often hurt, miscommunication, actions not always mirroring intentions, and the plain, old simple fact that we are both women –…
The Darkness of Postpartum Depression
I need to talk about something important – postpartum depression. We need to. Because it’s the only way – the first step – in outing something so vile. It’s the ugly, dark, shaming existence of living with and through postpartum depression.…
