Tag: growing up

Allegedly, the year begins in January and ends in December. That's what our calendars tell us. But to me, the more accurate representation is...

"Let them be little." I feel like that sentiment is drilled into our heads over and over as moms. "Let them be little." But what about letting...

“All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.” -Mitch Albom from The Five People You Meet in Heaven It’s been several...

I have been dreading the new school year for a while now. This is nuts, because I love the new school year–new books, new...

You’ve heard the term, “Can’t see the forest through the trees,” right? It refers to someone who can’t see the big picture, because they...

As I re-watch so many of the Disney movies from my childhood with my daughter, I smile or chuckle to myself at jokes I...

This might be my last “magical” Christmas. What I mean is, my daughter is 8. She believes in the magic. The glorious, maddening, exhausting magic...

1. You can leave them home alone. When the thought of dragging the whole gang out in public gives my husband and I a...

My daughter is a freshman in high school. It’s really no big deal. It’s just another year of school. I mean, I’m sorry to...

It’s here. Back to School madness is here, and for the first time it applies to me! Me?! I’ve entered a new phase of...