GUEST BLOG POST: Guarding Against Perfectionism in Our Children by Jill Rigby
July 14th, 2013
Perfectionism hinders success. Perseverance guarantees it (win or lose). We’ve all witnessed a child who makes a first attempt at a new skill only to fail. He wails in disbelief that he couldn’t accomplish the task perfectly, pushes aside the project, and walks away. Hopefully, we have also witnessed the child ...
Sea World and the Moral of the Story by Melissa Swedoski
July 9th, 2013
Have you ever taken a trip and almost instantly regretted it? Have you ever taken a vacation with family and learned some valuable lessons? Have you ever returned from one of those adventures with a huge bruise across the right side of your face? Well, then, my friends, you should ...
The Perfect Vacation and Naptime to Boot by Melissa Swedoski
June 4th, 2013
Summer has descended in all its verdant glory. Yeah, not so much. It's already 90 degrees and looks like it's going to stay that way for the foreseeable future. I don't mind winter. I recognize that winter in Texas doesn't mean the same thing to my comrades in the northern states, ...
Rain, Rain Go Away—or Not by Margaret Hart
May 28th, 2013
Most of the Memorial Day weekend in the Northeast was wet. While not a total wash out, it was cold, windy, and raining for the most part. In fact, it's been cold, windy and raining quite a lot lately. Here it is almost June, and instead of sporting shorts and ...
Tired is a state of mind. And body. by Melissa Swedoski
May 21st, 2013
Ever been really tired? I'm not talking about this sleep deprived for three or four years thing that we're all going through. I'm talking about so tired that you barely have the energy to walk across the room to pick up the toy your child has been screaming for the ...
Mumbling through the mayhem of motherhood after 40 by Melissa Swedoski
May 7th, 2013
My baby girl turned 1 on Sunday. Um, I didn't give her permission to do that. Although she rarely asks my opinion on anything. She pretty much blinks at me when I tell her what to do. But she's the best cuddlebug ever, so I find it really hard to ...
sNOw Good by Dina Ramon
March 7th, 2013
My anticipation is mixed with some dread. It’s the night before a predicted, major snowstorm, and where I live, the mere threat means that whoever the mysterious person is who makes the decision is probably going to cancel school before they even see a flake. I wait anxiously to see the ...
On Being Grateful and Humble – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers
November 7th, 2012
I would like to start off my blog with an apology to my lovely blogging cohort, Allison Silver. Allison, who lives across the country from me, wrote a wonderful, heartwarming blog about how, during Hurricane Sandy, PICU nurses were carrying critically ill babies down numerous flights of stairs to evacuate ...
Forever Young by Sharon O’Donnell
May 6th, 2012
Tonight is prom night. 2012. My middle son's senior year. He and his girlfriend left for dinner at a nice restaurant after we took lots of photos of them. Of course, he looked handsome and she was beautiful, and I wondered how that could be my 'little boy' standing there ...
