Help! I Need Sleep!! – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers
June 6th, 2012
I probably made one of the greatest faux pax of my entire life this past week. I slept through what would be equivalent to an extremely important job interview. I ended up getting to the interview late. The interviewer clearly stated to me, "I am unfortunately going to have to ...
Beaching It with Fun Finds! – Review by Cara Potapshyn Meyers
May 23rd, 2012
This coming weekend will mark my seventeenth wedding anniversary. If I weren't getting divorced, that is. In any case, it is too painful to remain at home reminiscing about what was and now isn't. I decided to pack my bags and head off to a wonderful beach resort on the ...
Mini Me by Robin Gorman Newman
May 18th, 2012
Had an interesting conversation with a friend last week. Like me, she is an adoptive mom. Her kids know they are adopted, as does my son. It's not a big deal in our respective households. We've always been open. During our chat, she was venting about her kids. It was one of those ...
Gearing Up for Camp – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers
May 16th, 2012
Camp, you ask? Yes, camp. Sleep away camp to be exact. A couple weeks ago, my son, husband and I went to check out a camp in northern Connecticut. After viewing a variety of camps online which were farther away, my husband and I decided to look for camps a ...
Sometimes Opposites Don’t Attract – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers
April 25th, 2012
What do you do when your child’s best friend has a Mom who is your polar opposite in every conceivable way? I have found myself in this situation as of late. Although I enjoy having my son play with his best friend, his mother wants all of us to spend more ...
Mom as Pseudo-Athlete – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers
April 11th, 2012
Now that it is springtime, I've been taking my son to the park a lot. He always manages to make friends to play with while he is there. There are downtimes, though, when he has no one to play with, so he rides his bicycle or scooter by himself. As ...
Looks Like We Made It – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers
March 14th, 2012
We did it. My son and I successfully got through our first "alternate parenting" weekend that the court requested. Although hectic, we had many different activities planned. Playdates, (but not for seven hours), movies, a carnival and sweet, bonding time. What made it even more special was that we had ...
“I’m Sorry, Honey…I Can’t Take You to the Movies Next Weekend.” – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers
March 7th, 2012
Those are the exact words I had to tell my son a couple days ago. My husband and I went to court again last week and it was decided that my husband and I get “shared weekends.” One parent picks up their child from school on Friday and has them ...
