If you’re like me, then you are staying home these days due to the coronavirus. But now you are trying to figure out how to exercise. And maybe you’re a bit tired of walking around the same block. I’ve got your back! That’s because I’ve always enjoyed exercising from home. After all, I don’t like [Read More]
10 Easy Way to Help the New Kid in School
I adjusted my off-the-shoulder sweatshirt covered in splatter paint. Inspired by the movie Flashdance, my sweatshirt did little to distract from the fact that I was a 5’8″ tall twelve-year-old standing alone outside a 7th grade classroom. It was the first day of school and I knew no one. My family had just relocated from [Read More]
7 Reasons I Am a Terrible Travel Sports Parent
For the first time in six years, neither of my kids is on a travel, or select, sports team. My son is in high school and participating with the high school sports teams. While travel team-esque, it is different. Meanwhile, my daughter found out that there were not enough players for there to be a [Read More]
Handy Items You Need To Carry At Disney World
As someone who has walked thousands of miles through Disney World, and lived to tell the tale, I have some advice: There are definitely some handy items you need to carry at Disney World. Sure, you might be able to buy some of these at the parks. Or, sure, you may be able to live [Read More]
New Classic Movies For Moms and Tween Girls To Watch
“Wanna watch Nancy Drew?” I asked my eleven-year-old daughter as we settled in for a movie night. The film about a Titian-haired teen sleuth popped up as a recommendation on our streaming service. “I know we’ve watched it before,” I continued, “but it’s good.” I recalled humor and adventure as teenage Nancy Drew solved crimes. [Read More]
In Defense of Being 11 Years Old
“I just want to pop into the Hallmark store,” I told my 11-year-old daughter. “They have those socks I like and I have a coupon.” My daughter asked to stay home. I was a bit surprised. After all, days earlier she and I had hit the mall and scored quite the haul during the after [Read More]
11 Things I Love About My 11-Year-Old
On the occasion of my daughter’s 11th birthday, I wanted to share the 11 things I love about my 11-year-old. She is amazing and here’s why: 1. She writes with passion. Stories, notes, letters, you name it. This letter to me at Mother’s Day will touch my heart forever. 2. She is studious and hard-working. [Read More]
5 Celebrity Moms of Tweens and Teens Who Should Blog
This week I’m talking about celebrity moms of tweens and teens who should blog. Why? Because as the mom of a tween and a teen I need some advice. Or just plain entertainment. Maybe commiseration. Or all of the above. Yup, as a mom whose kids are not little, but not yet in college or [Read More]
When Your Kid’s BFF is the Opposite Gender
“Is that her boyfriend?” the stranger asked, winking. I looked at my ten-year-old daughter and her best friend standing next to me in the grocery store. “No, he’s just her friend,” I replied, damping down my exasperation. My daughter’s best friend is a boy. They are fourth graders who are not dating nor thinking about dating. [Read More]
When You Love Things That Don’t Love You Back
“Don’t love things that can’t love you back,” a wise man once said. Actually, it was a guy who installed a closet in my house. Nonetheless, his advice is solid. Yet, there are inanimate objects I love that don’t–and won’t–love me back. Things like a floral top I found in my closet recently. I bought it [Read More]
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