Parenting Wisdom

I’m tired. Aren’t you? Some are talking about Covid fatigue. I believe it. But this is something else. The usual mom fatigue. Though, I suppose the pandemic has affected me too. I’ve been a mom for eight years. On my own...

Have you ever looked in the mirror and not fully recognized the person looking back at you? Have you ever looked at yourself and said, "I miss the old me?" Every now and then, I can still see her, living...

I failed my six-year-old. A couple of weeks after school started I received a text from my son's teacher. Looking more closely, I saw she had sent me the spelling test he had completed a few days earlier. During the...

I grew up a sports fan. My dad was a coach and I spent most of my formative years on some kind of sideline. I played basketball and ran track, but I loved watching sports of any kind. I...

My oldest son’s name is Callan; we call him Cal for short. He just turned four years old, and we are eager to watch him grow while engaging in an activity or sport he enjoys. My excitement paired with...

“Mandatory Fun” is what we coined it in the Air Force. I distinctly remember sitting in a classroom at MacDill AFB circa 2012 watching and listening to a Tech Sgt bounce a yellow stress ball with a smiley face...

My second-grade daughter had a spelling test recently. I asked her how it went, and she replied (very confidently), “Mom, the important thing is that I got more right than I got wrong.” I asked her what her grade was,...

Do you know most people find it hard to tell their children no? I know I have a difficult time. My husband does not. A few weeks ago, my six-year-old son came up to me, and we had this conversation: Child:...

I love one-hit wonder songs. My cell phone’s ringtone is a one-hit wonder, Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve. If you aren’t familiar with the term “one-hit wonder,” the phrase is used to describe any entity that achieves mainstream popularity...

  As a young mom, I swore I would NEVER drive a minivan. Cool moms did not drive minivans. I wasn't a cool mom, never have been, but I felt like the minivan would seal my fate. Now, years later, I sound...