When In Doubt, Bite Your Tongue

When In Doubt, Bite Your Tongue

by | Love

My daughter Kira is 20. By the time I was her age, I had been married for over a year, after walking away from my full-ride scholarship to Washington State University in order to move home and play house with a man no more mature than I was. We were doomed from the...
Living Rich

Living Rich

by | Frugal Living

I’m going to tell you a secret: I’m poor. According to every government statistic available, I live in near-poverty. My husband and I have been living on one income since two weeks before Parker was born and my doctor put me on bed rest. I initially planned on going...
Babysitter Blues

Babysitter Blues

by | Keeping Marriage Strong

Finding a babysitter is tough. We have been spoiled. By the time we had Parker, Kira was almost 11 years old. By the time I was willing to leave Parker with a babysitter, Kira was not only old enough to babysit but someone who loved him as much as we did. Parker is...
Teenagers Are Just Older Toddlers

Teenagers Are Just Older Toddlers

by | Teens and Tweens

Teenagers don’t really come from another planet, although it sometimes seems like it. Really, though, they’re just doing what they did when they were in the terrible twos: they are trying very hard to establish their own individuality. Dave and I wrote...
Terrible Twos, Revisited

Terrible Twos, Revisited

by | Toddlers

The terrible twos are real, for most parents. It’s a time when our little ones are trying very hard to establish some independence and assert their personalities for the first time. Dave and I wrote about our experiences with our terriblest two year old (Parker)...