In “normal” times, the busyness of Wednesday afternoons is a running joke in our family. After a day of work, our family schedule typically looked like this:
3:00 p.m.: The kids come home from school.
3:45 p.m.: Leave the house to...
What we present online isn’t always as it seems. Those friends of yours who appear to have the perfect body, marriage, children, job, and lifestyle most likely do not. Realize that you are only getting half of the story...
It's 10 a.m. on a Saturday, and I have a two-year-old slung on my hip while my three-year-old and six-year-old each wrap themselves around a leg, the oldest waving dismissively. We're watching their daddy pull the car out of...
Summer and Music. Music and Summer. Anyway you look at it, it's a perfect match.
Summertime offers a lighter feeling of less structure - almost a vibe that life is simpler. Albeit, as an adult with a full time job, summer isn't the...
I have stubbornly refused to make New Year's resolutions for close to a decade now. I used to, only to have my high-flung, overly ambitious goals obliterated within a matter of weeks, days, sometimes hours. Aside from the fact...
Across our country, dating violence is a concern and an issue we need to bring to the attention of not only our teens but parents and teachers as well. We owe it to our teens, to come together, to...
Getting the Conversation Rolling
We all get it: the dreaded "fine" response.
When you ask, "How was your day, sweetie?" you are not hoping for a quick grunt of approval, are you? In your head do you imagine a thoughtful response...
Shower? Check. Clothes that aren’t meant for working out? Check. Babysitter? Check. “Where do you want to go?” “I don’t care. Where do you want to go?” Sound familiar? We feel pretty lucky to live in Westchester County, where...
It's 2019. What does that mean? Fresh start. New goals and ambitions. Starting a new chapter. Hope for all good things to come. Let's make it the best year yet! Or...another birthday quickly approaching. I'm getting older! In March, I will...
My sister and I had a long conversation not too long ago about providing for our children, retirement, and living 'comfortably,' and what all of that will mean financially? We actually talked numbers, how much is enough to live...