Surviving the Tween/Teen Years
Have your children just hit the tween/teen years? Don’t you wish there was a Teens for Dummies book? Actually, there is. I found that out in the course of writing this blog. But, if you don’t want to...
View ArticleThe Senseless Killing of the Video Store – A Family Tradition Threatened
We have a tradition in our family. It’s called Pizza/Caesar FMN, which means Family Movie Night. We’ve been doing it as far back as I can remember and my kids are now 15 and 13. My husband cooks, which...
View ArticleA Right to Innocence
This year will be my daughter’s second Christmas. Last year, it passed in a whirl of family she hadn’t quite had time to get to know properly, wrapping paper and boxes (far more interesting than...
View ArticleMemories: Our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree
Since the time our children were little, my husband and I took special pride in our Christmas trees. In the early days, the trees were chosen with variety in mind: flocked, retro aluminum, and fake...
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