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 If life is divided into trimesters, I am smack-dab in the middle of the second one, the Parenting Years. The First Trimester was about growing up, finding what I’m…

This has been the week of decisions, crossroads and overanalyzing the heck out of everything. For real. This week I earned a blackbelt in obsessive thinking. Most of the…

This was, in fact, the kids first rodeo. For years, Mike and I have pulled on our boots and headed to the rodeo to hear our favorite country singers,…

Lately when I look at Catie, I can see her little-girl self and her future teen self mixed together. Her smile is the same as when she was…

Two types of people walk on the beach: those who pick up the shells and those who don’t. For forty years, I didn’t pick up shells. Taking home bucketfuls…

Does it seem like the Spring Break is the year of the Super Vacation? This year every one we know seems to be doing a really big vacation.…

For days, the kids have been asking to go shopping, specifically to the Dollar Spot at Target. This is not because they need anything, but because this is…

1. Seven-year-old twins are just starting to assign identities. “You’re the tall one.” “He’s the older twin.” “She’s good at reading and I’m good at math.” They only…

As a kid, I read more than I did just about anything else. Piles of my books were scattered everywhere in the house. Books stuffed in my desk drawers,…