Sleepless nights, endless diaper changes, a constantly evolving feeding schedule—parenting a newborn is no joke! But of all the normal developmental stages babies go through, teething can…
March 2023
Last week my 5-year-old son Benny asked me, “When can we go back to the place with the big slides? The one where you ride on a carpet?” It took some questioning to get him to elaborate, but I…
Instilling confidence in children, encouraging a love of reading and possessing a heightened level of social awareness are some of the most important lessons for youngsters to learn, and now all…
When my youngest child entered first grade, the questions began.“Are you going back to work now that your kids are in school all day?”
“What will you do for six hours when your kids are in…
Are checks becoming obsolete? From my personal experience, there are only four people/businesses that I had to put pen to checkbook for in 2022. This doesn’t mean I don’t write checks or need to…
Having kids makes you consider your own mortality in a different light. Now if you were to keel over, there are these little people that depend on you that would be left high and dry. You may not…
Unpopular opinion here: I love to grocery shop! I know most folks dread the task, but for me, the grocery store can be my happy place where I tend to decompress and focus on food rather than what…
For most of my adult life, I've never understood why New Year's Day fell in January when all of the newness happens in March. To me, having the start of a brand-new year should be at the same time…