Ask Your Child Less Stupid Questions and You’ll Get Better Responses
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” – Epictetus “How was your day…
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8 Natural Deodorants Put to the Test
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” – Margaret Atwood No one wants to smell like the hot stank of 4th-grade classroom after…
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10 Tips for My Daughters on How to Dress Themselves
At preschool drop-off another mom pointed out,”Your daughter’s socks don’t match.” I turned my palms upward in a je ne sais pas and wrinkled my nose,…
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Two Little Words that Can Change the Way You Parent
There will be no next time. That’s what I tell my girls when they flub up. Busted. You really messed up and now you’re outta luck. There will be no next time. I’m…
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Lessons from My Year-Long Shopping Ban
I faced the dresses, skirts, and shirts hanging in my closet and did not feel fresh. I don’t want to wear that dress – again! Only two more weeks, I reassured…
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No More Babies: Six Ways to End the Heart v. Head Debate
This becomes this in a blink. We all know how quickly they grow. For me, the nostalgia unleashes a yearn to have a third. The start is so precious. Yet when I’m…
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10 Things I Hold True after 10 Years of Marriage
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery We were driving down Route…
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Five Reasons Every Mom Needs a Girls’ Night Away
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’ ” – C.S. Lewis When was the last…
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The One-Minute Behavior Modifier
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” -Marcel Proust In December, I was really stumbling with my…
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My Youngest is Infatuated with Boobs
My youngest tries to cop a little feel. Until recently, she’d be sitting on my lap for a snuggle and before I knew it, she’d have her hand pulling down the front of…
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How to Shop Your Closet
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”…
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Five Finger Prayer
Let the little children come to me. V started religious education classes in September. Every Tuesday night, she is in class from 6:15 to 7:30. At first I sighed at the…
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Hot Rollers are My Secret to Amazing Curls
Last Friday, while my hairdresser* blew my hair straight, I confessed, “I use hot rollers.” Childishly, I tilted my chin up at him, expecting to be schooled on the…
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My Grandma’s Rules for Happiness
“If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.” -Italian Proverb I am swept away by whimsical charm of the children’s book, In Grandma’s Arms. Katz…
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Three Ways to Tie a Scarf
Happy Bastille Day! Coco Chanel said, “Dress shabbily and they notice the dress; dress impeccably and they notice the woman.” Chanel dressed to her personal style.…
This Laundry Hack Will Save Your T-Shirts
A couple years ago, my younger sister shared a laundry tip with me that was quite an ah ha. Or maybe it was more of…
The Art of Letting Go
“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” ― Gautama Buddha Recently I read this article on the cost…
Circle Tour: Driving Around Lake Michigan Travel Journal
“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien Why don’t we go all the way around? It’s debatable which one of…
My Ode to the Fanny Pack
“I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn’t itch.” -Gilda Radner Chanel may call it a belt bag to make it less…
7 Favorite Games for Elementary Kids
“The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.” -Erik H. Erikson “Cheater!” Stephen…
This is Your Ticket on that ’70s Mom Train
In Chicago, we’re only at the mid-point of summer break, so there’s still plenty of time to the soak up the sun. Don’t let…
