fran
Fran was born, raised, married, and still lives in Mount Kisco, NY. She has four kids, including a teenage daughter and two precious grandsons, whom she babysits a couple of days a week. She also works part-time as an accounting clerk, helps run her husband’s excavation business, and lastly aspires to finish writing her book one day. Despite her crazy, busy schedule, she cooks almost every night for her big family and tries her best to keep up with the dishes! She truly believes spontaneity is the spice of life, and sometimes the very unexpected happens, but it’s usually all for the best. Enjoy her many tales of raising kids over 20 years; what an amazing journey!
Nature vs. Nurture
I have raised three millennials, who are now well-adjusted, generally happy, and successful young adults, or so I'd like to think. And presently, I'm...
Chasing My Hour Alone
Today I scrapped my third blog post attempt at writing about my kids and my family life and began chasing my hour alone.
Today I...
For the Love of Pets
My first positive experience with a pet dates back to my early 20s. I basically had a petless childhood, and only a few encounters...
Feelings Change
The year we will never forget is now officially over, but all the ways it affected each of us will always be remembered. Even...
Ask Me if I’m Anxious
Ask me if I'm anxious...
Apparently, most of us from all different age groups will respond yes to this question at some point in our...
I’m a Stella D’oro Kind of Mom
In recent years, the movement to promote awareness of certain illnesses, conditions, and cultural differences has been successful in uniting and educating each of...
Coming Home From My Guilt Trip
The start of a new decade has shown us that it's possible to unify and separate an entire world population simultaneously in ways that...
Can We Agree to Disagree?
An opinion, by definition, is a personal belief or view, not based on enough facts to produce total certainty. We each are entitled to...
Are Teenage Years the Best Years?
Are the teenage years the best?
Ideally, they should be, but a teenager faces so many changes, physically, mentally, and emotionally that if the parents...
Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at COVID-19
BEFORE: Each morning, we would hit the ground running, off to work, school, or anywhere we needed to be. The point was we left.
AFTER:...