My teenager is reveling in a school delay on what would be her first day back to school after holiday break. She is almost 17, a great kid, but finds her junior year to be such a struggle. I have seen the look in her eyes, and I wish that I could waive a wand, and make it all vanish. As Moms we want that for our children, and easier ride than the one we might have experienced. Yet when we look back at the life lessons that have taught us the most, they were not the easy things but the ones that… Continue

We race around with a frenzy this time of year. The to-dos on our list is endless, and as women and Moms we never seem to feel a sense of completion. Noone is saying to us, Wow what a good job you did, shopping and decorating, and baking, and whipping the house into shape. It becomes expected in an odd sort of way. We have set the bar so high not to compete with anyone, but just because maybe we can, and it gives us something; for a day, or a week, or a month. I tried to explain to a young man… Continue