Tag: growing up

Copycat Syndrome

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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...