I have always been secretly addicted to fashion. In the way that a little girl might love to bury herself for hours in her mother’s closet, accessories and makeup, I can’t seem to get enough of the industry’s latest trends and styles. Traditionally, this site has not been a haven for the fashion-starved, though I do my best to juggle… View Post
Like a Shadow
“So who will wake me up every morning while you are gone?” “And who will make my lunches?” “And who will be here when I get home from school every day?” “And who will help me with my homework?” “And who will kiss me goodnight every night?” It doesn’t matter that I haven’t been away from home in more than… View Post
Back to School – Quick and Easy School Lunches
Peanut butter sandwiches. Almost every single day last year my small people requested a peanut butter sandwich, and I complied. Now, there are three things you could say about that: 1) I’m giving them the food they would eat and 2) I’m incredibly lazy. Both are probably accurate. I DID know they liked it. I DID know they would eat… View Post
Straight Talk: Why I Love Make-A-Wish
A million years ago I was a reporter in the small town of Yuma, Arizona. Yuma is many things: a border town, a military town, a living heat wave, and the place where I first earned the title ‘reporter’ and ‘anchor’. It will forever be stamped as the city where I met the crew from the Enola Gay, where I… View Post
Siblings as Allies: 5 Ways to Make it Happen
It wasn’t ME, it was HIM. Me? NO WAY…. it was HER. Eat the last cookie? Leave the light on? Forget to close the front door? Who’s turn to walk the dog? Spill milk on the floor? Get marker on the table? It is like small people carry a neon sign around that automatically pivots in the opposite direction… View Post
Nourishing My Body and Soul: Learning to Model for My Daughter
“Mommy, can I exercise with you?” “Of course, Punky.” My nine year old settles in next to me to mimic the exercises she sees on the screen: the jumping jacks, the lunges, the push ups. And then she says it: “Mommy, how come my thighs are so fat?” Now…. if you have a nine year old, you know as well… View Post
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