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...
Guilt, a State of Being

Guilt, a State of Being

by | Creating Balance

Do you feel guilty as a mom? I do. I feel guilty for spending too much time working and not enough time with my kids. I feel guilty when I’m too tired to engage with my kids and would just rather sneak out onto the front porch with a glass of wine (or, if it was a...
Breastfeeding is Not for Everyone

Breastfeeding is Not for Everyone

by | Breastfeeding

My sister was born to breastfeed. From her very first baby, she just had a knack with it. Of course, she’d always loved babies and had always been around them. She had (has) a natural calmness about her that I think must have helped. I grew up thinking I never wanted...
Quick and Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

Quick and Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

by | Recipe Corner

These cookies are easy enough even little brothers and sisters can help out.  All you need is: 1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter 1 cup Granulated White Sugar 1 egg When it comes time to bake, make sure to get mom’s help! Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Put all ingredients in...
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...