• Family

    The Pressure

    In the last year or two, several of my close friends have entered the world of motherhood for the first time. As I went to the baby showers, visited the proud (and very exhausted) parents and babies in the hospitals,โ€ฆ

  • Family

    Mama Maverick

    It started out like any other Saturday morningโ€ฆ Iโ€™m lying. It was nothing like any other Saturday morning. I woke up with a migraine. The whole back half of my head throbbed and felt like it weighed 67 pounds. Whileโ€ฆ

  • Family

    A Decade and a Decision

    My firstborn just turned 10. โ€œI canโ€™t believe itโ€ is my normal reaction to her birthday. As all parents told me it would, the time has truly flown by. Wasnโ€™t it โ€œjust yesterdayโ€ that I was rocking her, spoon-feeding herโ€ฆ

  • Family

    Nose-to-Nose, Heart-to-Heart

    Recently I had to have a difficult โ€œnose-to-noseโ€ conversation with my daughter. She was having a lot of trouble admitting that she was wrong about something, and Kevin and I had been noticing that this issue with her had beenโ€ฆ

  • Family

    My Little Pony

    When my daughter Callie was two years old, our friend Kari gave her a toy for Christmas. โ€œOh, Callie! Itโ€™s My Little Pony!โ€ I exclaimed as she opened the package. Very confused, little Callie looked up at me and said,โ€ฆ

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    Not-So-Traditional Thanksgivings

    When I was growing up, every year we had the same Thanksgiving tradition at my grandparentsโ€™ house. It was always my family, my aunt, my uncle, my cousins, my grandparents, turkey, dressing (the best Iโ€™ve ever had!), twice-baked potatoes, homemadeโ€ฆ

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