Values and Discipline

Now that my kids are getting so dang old, I occasionally have brief panic attacks in which I fear that I missed Something Important in this parenting gig. Yes, the kids are potty-trained, they eat vegetables, and they keep up with their homework. You know, it all seems like it’s going pretty well.  But then … [Read more…]

All The Sports

Years ago, I talked about how parenting is suspenseful. You don’t know which interests your kids are going to stick with and which they’ll cast aside, which things they’ll find inspiring and which things they’ll find boring, whether the firm declarations they make on one day will still be true the next day, never mind … [Read more…]

Cooking Tips

Here’s a helpful tip: timers only work when you set them. If, instead of setting a timer, you just leave the kitchen and sit down at your desk and start working on the computer while waiting to be prompted by the sound of a timer going off, it’s very likely that you will work too … [Read more…]

And One Last Story

First of all, would you believe that on the very same day that I wrote the last post in which I basically implied that my daughter was not D-I material, she got her first recruitment letter from a D-I coach? Which, even if you’re not interested in that particular college and program, is still a … [Read more…]

College Visits

One of many (many, many) things I haven’t written about is that M and I went on some college visits over the summer.  M pretty much has no idea where she wants to go to college or what she wants to do as a grown-up, and her utter lack of clarity on any of it … [Read more…]

Remember Me?

It’s my birthday. I am 48. I believe that means that now I can describe myself accurately as “pushing 50,” but it feels like with so many attractive and bad ass women out there (movie stars, politicians, sisters. . .) who have moved beyond 50, that phrase has sort of lost its teeth. I meant … [Read more…]