It’s no secret. I’m frazzled. My clothes are wrinkled. My hair is greasy. My floors are sticky.
This is the first summer that I thought...
                
            
        
                It is no secret that I have been having a difficult time lately with our 4 year old son, E. Family has seen it...
                
            
        
                Every mom has a story to tell.
My story starts on a hot Monday in July, 2005. It was a work day, just like any other Monday. The manager...
                
            
        
                A few weeks ago we drove home from a Family Reunion weekend at Lake Honeoye in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. I...
                
            
        
                Ok, let me start off by saying that the advice I am about to give comes not from me, but from every high school...
                
            
        
                
My firecracker of a nearly five year-old daughter can be a little directive. I don't know where she gets it.
That's a joke. If you...
                
            
        
                I love food. Preparing it, waiting for it, sharing it. But my favorite dishes are those that are steeped in memories. The cinnamon scent of Mom's...
                
            
        
                Towards the end of 2013, I was feeling pretty pleased with myself!
I had spent a good portion of the summer getting into the best...
                
            
        
                
I have always been a hair experimenter.
It has been long and short, and nearly every color occurring in nature. I was not blessed with...
                
            
        
                
As a new parent I get a lot of love, support, knowing glances, hugs and advice (some good, some best forgotten) from family, friends...
                
            
        
                If dogs are man's best friends, then cats are woman's.
I adopted Pumpkin from an animal shelter in Salem, MA right after buying my first house...
                
            
        
                On a blissfully sunny day in October, me and my two little ones were meeting another mom and kiddo trio at Shelburne Farms for...
                
            
        
                
WhenI first found out I was pregnant again, I was thrilled. We’d just been through a loss of a pregnancy in January and I...
                
            
        
                My daughter had been talking about getting her ears pierced for a while – before she turned 4. At the time I had told...
                
            
        
			
















