At the beginning of every year, after surviving the holidays, I've always had to immediately plan a birthday party for my January and February...
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This fall, we dropped our oldest off at school more than 1,000 miles from Jacksonville. It was a weekend of many, many,...
I was recently having a conversation with a close friend who told me about her 13-year-old daughter’s new friend who is "so kind and...
Fly little bird! Fly! What an exciting time as a parent! Your baby just graduated from high school. How is that possible? It seems...
Sports teach a lot of lessons. I think that's partly why parents sign up for them. Learning teamwork, getting exercise, being active, doing something...
"Can we get lunch on the way home?" my teenage daughter texts me on an early release day.
"Yes, that's fine," I reply, excited she's...
We are days away from the school year ending, and man-oh-man are my kids ready — especially my 5th grader! GOODBYE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!
How did...
Full-circle moments often hit without warning and strip the breath right from our lungs. Let's jump to February 18, 2021, the day our daughter...
We had eight games this weekend — and about the same amount last weekend. Between two boys and three (or some seasons four) teams...
I never watched Gilmore Girls the first time it aired. It ran in 2000, right when I was graduating from college and was going...
I still find nothing so sweet as the bond between boys and their mamas. But I'm realizing, as my oldest son finishes elementary school...
My daughter received a cell phone for her birthday the summer before 6th grade, and she’s currently in 7th grade. We set up protections...