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The Real Reason I Don’t Want To See Photos Of Your Kids On Facebook

I don’t want to see photos of your kids on Facebook. I don’t want to see photos of them on Instagram or Snapchat either. You know, the ones on the first day of school. Absolutely adorable standing at the bus stop or on your front steps with their brand spanking new backpacks, shiny lunch boxes, […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Empty Nest, Parenting Tagged With: facebook, family, mom, social media

10 Things Only A Mother Could Say

My beautiful, funny, spirited Mom turned 83 this year. In honor of her – because every day should be Mother’s Day, right? – I would like to share some of her “mommy wisdom.” Though we didn’t always see eye to eye, her words are worth their weight in gold. Thanks Mom for caring. I love […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: funny things moms say, humor, mom, mom advice, mother's day, sisters from another mister, things mom say, things only a mother could say, widsom

Fear of Flying: Sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight. Yeah, right!

fear of flying

Sitting at 36,000 feet above ground is not my favorite place to be. It takes a lot to get me  airborne. The twenty-four hours before any flight is filled with tremendous anxiety and a need to finish every project ever imagined. I’m like a whirling dervish, coordinating and packing my tiny carry-on at the very […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Popular Posts, Travel Tagged With: airplanes, and enjoy the flight, anxiety, fear of flying, flight attendant, flying, Huffington Post, ipod, mom, pilots, relax, sit back, turbulence, Xanax

Surviving a High School Junior’s Final Exams-One Mother’s Story

Final exams are coming up in three weeks. Mini-me’s high school JUNIOR YEAR finals! And do you know what that means? The fun is over. We go into DEFCON 4 total lock-down mode. We did this last December, too. I barely survived. I stopped watching Glee, Khloe & Lamar, and 90210 as an act of […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Parenting Tagged With: finals, high school, junior year, mom, school, teenagers

Backpacks and College Apps and SAT’s, Oh My!

Every year when my kids go back to school, the feeling is bittersweet. I’m sad to see the lazy days of summer go and the relaxed attitude of the kids, but I do breathe a long sigh of relief (Ok, it’s more of a “Yippie!”) when I drop them off on their first day of […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Parenting Tagged With: college, empty nest, high school, mom, sat, senior year, shopping, teenagers

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