Ten things to make the pandemic easier on your kids.
Oh my goodness. I’m on week two (really week three if you count spring break) and I’m sitting in my garage working on this blog. I have an office but I also have a 25-year old who works better in…
Seven ways to stay close to your college-aged kids
As my twin sons, Andrew and Jordan, start their second year of college, I am sitting here, expressing a prayer of gratitude for the closeness we share. I remember when I left for college. My newly gifted Honda Civic was…
NINE amazing Mothers Day lessons I learned from my Indian mom.
My mother is a true lady. I grew up watching her navigate life as a change-agent, an immigrant, a naturalized citizen, the matriarch and life-partner to my father. My sense of motherhood, friendship, womanhood, and marriage have all been indelibly…
13 things every mom should teach her daughter (post on sheknows.com)
I have two daughters, 10 and 12. As their curves become more evident and their schedules fuller, I realize their education as women cannot be left to chance. Celebrities, Photoshop, lyrics and their peers are all shaping their definition of…
Teen Idol Inspiration: One Direction and my 11 year old daughter
They are crying for One Direction, huh mom? Kendall and I watched the “This is Us” trailer together. At one point, she turned away from the images of teeming, hysterical fans, “They are crying for One Direction, huh mom?” I…
Parenting and Health Inspiration: Raising unhealthy children
Confessions from a soccer mom. I’m a soccer mom with a health confession to make. Sometimes I choose to work out when I could be rushing between key cheering locations at a cross country race or jumping up in triumph…
