Now Entering the Teen Years
Itโs official. I am now the parent of a teenager. My daughter Callie turns 13 this month, and I can hardly believe it. Just like every other parent in the world, I find myself wondering where the time went. I…
Boy, Oh Boy!
LEGOs, comic books, football, video gamesโฆThese all have two things in common. (1) I have never had much to do with them. (2) My son is crazy about them. Caleb Partridge is my only son, and heโs sandwiched between two…
It Takes a Village
I used to kind-of laugh at the saying โIt takes a village to raise a child.โ But that was before I became a mother and realized how true that statement is. I, for one, could never make it through motherhood…
A Tough Break
โMama, come quick! Callie hurt her arm!,โ Katie ran to tell me. Our family was attending an M-Braves game with another family, and the kids had gone off to play in the grass behind center field. Since I was in…
A Brand New Baby
I got to hold a newborn baby (my niece) the other day, and I was reminded that there really is nothing else in the world that quite compares. I mean, itโs a whole new person right there in your hands!…
The Trouble with Facebook – or – My Lack of Confidence in Parenting Publicly
Iโm the first one to admit how much I love Facebook. But Iโll also admit that Iโm glad it wasnโt even around (except for college students) when my kids were babies and toddlers. While there is truth to the idea…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I was born at 5:05 pm on March 5, 1975, which was my Granddaddyโs 50th birthday. I love the month of Marchโฆand the number 5! I also love that I was named after my Granddaddyโs mother, Carrie Elizabeth. In turn,…
All-Skate
My husband and I recently took our three children, plus some extra girls, to the roller skating rink. We had been skating once or twice before, but it had been a while since our last venture. Callie, my 12-year-old, took…
Now Available: Unlimited Fresh Starts
Fresh starts. New beginnings. Second chances. I donโt know anyone who doesnโt like these ideas. And thereโs something about a brand new year that gets us all excited about โstarting overโ and making changes and improvements in our lives. Undoubtedly,…
Testing 1, 2, 3
Iโve taken several pregnancy tests in my 14 years of marriage. And Iโve had a range of reactions to the results. Surprise, disappointment, shock, disbelief, and (of course) joy! Iโm not going to tell you which reactions go with which…
