Five Reasons by Peggy Bogaard-Lapp
October 19th, 2013
My dear and darling husband, who I love greatly and completely, is off on a hunting trip this week. While I will miss him, I am also a bit relieved to have one less person in our small house. Let's say that there are a few things I love about ...
A Little Here and There – by Peggy Bogaard-Lapp
October 12th, 2013
This week I had the chance to spend some time with my grandson, Corban. He's 7, and in the second grade. What a difference he is from my ten year old daughter, in more ways than the obvious. He's been raised by his single mom, her mother, her grand mother, ...
To Troop or Not To….. by Peggy Bogaard-Lapp
October 5th, 2013
This fall, we have had a dilemma - Erica's Girl Scout troop has disbanded, and now we are debating whether to join another group or be our own troop, just the two of us. While I like the idea of her interacting with other girls in troop fashion, I also ...
My Halloween Growing Pains by Conlee Ricketts
September 30th, 2013
In thirty days the energy in our house is going to be ALL Halloween! It’s my daughter’s favorite holiday. She spends weeks pondering what she will “be”. In fact our house is usually decorated by mid September. Not this year. I am wondering what’s going on?? When she was younger she ...
Creepers by Peggy Bogaard-Lapp
September 28th, 2013
I attended an Internet Safety seminar at my child's school this week. I went because my daughter is 10 and I'm afraid that she is being introduced to things through her friends that I am not aware of. And I was totally right - she is. Kids around her are ...
GUEST BLOG POST & GIVEAWAY: Do You Compare Your Insides to Other People’s Outsides? by Katrina Alcorn, author, Maxed Out: American Moms on the Brink
September 27th, 2013
Excerpted from Maxed Out: American Moms on the Brink by Katrina Alcorn. Available from Seal Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Copyright 2013. Most of us do, even though we know better. We’re social creatures. It’s natural to make comparisons. But, we inevitably wind up comparing how we feel ...
Peace of Mind from Good Weather Days by Melissa Swedoski
September 17th, 2013
It's a funny thing about the weather. It can make you feel upbeat and cheerful when the sun is shining just right and the wind is gently blowing, and it's not too hot, not too cold. It can make you feel miserable inside and out when it's cold, wet, gray ...
No Shark Tank by Peggy Bogaard-Lapp
September 7th, 2013
Life is busy. For all of us. Once you have a child, it gets crazy busy. The days when I once simply went to work, went out to lunch, came home and threw some barely nutritious dinner on the table are so far in the past! Having a child is ...
She Doesn’t Need Me To Push Her Anymore by Peggy Bogaard-Lapp
August 31st, 2013
My daughter is ten. Yesterday she was five. Last week she popped out of my body, beautiful and perfect and quiet. My heart hurts knowing that tomorrow she will be leaving me to go out into the world, without me, and live. This thought rolls around in my head, over ...
Screams of Terror by Peggy Bogaard-Lapp
August 24th, 2013
School is in .... seems like it should be an easy transition, but it has been difficult to go from lazy days and free time to alarm clocks and busy days. Since Monday, the emotions of the whole family have been happy, glad, frustrated, angry, and exhausted. Since I work ...
