Peeking Out by Peggy Bogaard-Lapp
April 27th, 2013
It’s spring in Colorado, and as usual the weather has been unpredictable. The tulips have chosen to peek out early, after a short period of warm days and nights. Their mistake, however, since we have had several wet snows that covered the tulip stalks completely. Blooms will be fewer this ...
My Little Voice by Margaret Hart
March 26th, 2013
When you're a mom of school-aged kids, you hear a lot of "I didn't say it, he did." Or "She said it, not me." Or "I didn't do it, mom. It wasn't me." I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard one of those statements. By now, ...
Virtual Playdates – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers
January 23rd, 2013
Last Thursday, my son started coming down with an illness that I could have sworn was in need of a minimum of antibiotics. He was sneezing relentlessly, was inconsolable with his stuffy nose, had a sore throat that even water irritated, and a cough that sounded wet and deep. He ...
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 ...
Puppy Love by Margaret Hart
October 16th, 2012
This week, as I was sitting in the media center at my son's school waiting for him to finish his last game at chess club, a friend of his came up to me and announced that two girls in the club had "a crush" on my son. One of the ...
