Tag: growing up
Copycat Syndrome
Kids have a mind of their own, yet they choose time and time again to use someone else’s. If their bestie loves bowling, they...
Princess to Posh
Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of - until they’re not. It happens to the best of us...
Getting Older: New Friends, New Bodies, “Old” Selves
The other night I was spending time with a new friend. We were doing what people our age, particularly moms our age, tend to...
Caught Between Two Worlds
My American-born COVID baby went to India for the first time and met his big extended Indian family!
It was a big deal for...
A Mom on a Precipice
I am a mom on a precipice.
I’ve never felt this way before, but then again, I have never been a mother to adult children,...
Life Is Not a Multiple-Choice Test
Are you curious?
With constant access to the Google machine (that’s what I call my iPhone. I think I stole the phrase from Joe Scarborough),...
When Can I Start Missing My College-Bound Son?
May 1st is an important day for a college-bound high school senior like my son. It's known as National College Decision Day - or...
The Best of Times: Growing Up in the 1980s
The television show “The Goldbergs” played in the background one night while cleaning up from dinner. I can’t say that I was really listening,...
Senior Year
My firstborn is graduating from high school this spring and is off to college. He has decided where he will spend the next four...
Some Days Come To an End
You know the days when you think your kiddos are never going to get out of diapers or pull-ups? Or the days when they...










