Relationships, Family, Parenting
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20 days into 2016 and it feels like we could call it the Year of the Dead – or the Year of Cancer. Alan Rickman’s passing reminds all Harry Potter fans that not only is professor Snape arguably the most complex, conflicted, and beautiful character in the series, not only is he indeed dead, but…
Here is a list of things that I want to focus on in 2016: work out regularly lose about 25 pounds. write daily be creative often play games with my children often read with my children often teach my children things that I’m good at, like piano, and speaking French speak French to my kids…
The Holidays are notorious for bringing together a hefty combination of joy, laughter, family, drinks, sweets, eggnog, and other seasonal treats, and for many of us, once the lights lose their twinkle and the mistletoe has worked its magic, it shows. Like, 10 pounds or so of memories to lug around which could easily become a permanent…
You don’t have to be a parent to experience that moment of personal disappointment when you realize that you have forgotten that it’s someone’s birthday. Tomorrow. Someone young. Someone for whom presents are a big deal. Great. Now what? Need some ideas? Here are a few gift ideas that we have personally made before. Although…
This is the first year that we have decided that riding public transportation to school makes the most sense for our family. Our car needs to be replaced in a big way, and while we’re saving up to do so, riding the train seems a lot safer than driving the old clunker every day. Now…
A high school girl decides to show up at school without a bra and gets pulled out of class by security and reprimanded. Why? I used to think that bras were primarily made to support breasts. And secondly to optionally look sexy. How naïve of me. It is obvious to me now that their primary…
My kids are in our “library” – a fancy name for a room that has a collection of books, a piano, and our beloved television set, which, as we strive to understate its importance we won’t reward by naming a room after, choosing to emphasize our beloved books instead even though library sounds so much…
by Ophélia Martin-Weber You can learn more about Ophélia’s future in dance and support her by going here. Ballet requires dedication, strength, confidence, bravery, endurance, grace, hope, joy, passion, concentration, memory, self-esteem, flexibility, knowing who you are, critical analysis, adaptability, ability to learn quickly, pain tolerance, and eventually, really ugly feet. Sometimes, when I…
One of the most destructive forces to our productivity that we know is an empty bank account. I’m theoretically opposed to the idea that No Funds = No Fun, but a lack of cash is really difficult for us to look past. It robs us of focus, creativity, motivation, and hope, even when we believe…
