Thanksgiving was a wonderful day. The boys were so excited to spend the day and Grandma and Grandpa’s house, eat turkey and watch more holiday movies. AJ had been talking about Thanksgiving every night before bed for about a week and was glad to finally get to tell everyone "I Love You! Happy Thanksgiving...

There are few things I loathe more during the holidays than hustling about, rushing from one family scene to another, inhaling an endless stream of lunches and dinners while tacitly acknowledging my loved ones as I excuse myself and race on to the next culinary pit stop. Though my folks divorced when...

I came across a disk from my honeymoon and had to laugh at how different the photos from 7-1/2 years ago are from those taken today. Back then my photos were all about us, where we were, what we were doing - us, us, us. We took them of ourselves or had other people take them for us but we were together...

My kids have an amazing way of bringing up topics that are on my mind even when I do not bring them up myself. We were on our way home from school and AJ told me that he wished that we had a bigger family. I had been asking him how his day was and out the blue came, "I want another brother and sister...

Yesterday started out as a day of celebration, I made it through my body cleanse and was ready for a celebratory margarita when Joe got home from work. I felt good about completing the cleanse and was fully prepared to give in to my Mexican food and margarita cravings, maybe even at our favorite restaurant...

Before marriage and family I lived life as if I did not have a care in the world. I was entrepreneurial and willing to risk a lot for my business. Why not? What did I have to lose? I only had me to worry about and I felt that I could survive living on my savings for quite a while. I had a theory, my...

My fascination with the Olympics, the athletes, willpower, drive and determination to win has been taken to a deeper level with the introduction of the Olympic Mom. 20+ Olympic athletes have children and juggle practice, family, games and motherhood. They handle sleep deprivation, sickness, and manage...

As my 20 year high school reunion rapidly approaches, I find myself reflecting on my life since high school. I am happily married, have 2 great kids and yet get that gut wrenching feeling from high school of trying to fit in at the mere thought of seeing people again. I did go to my 10 year reunion and...

I enjoy my days but love my nights and not for the reasons that you might think. Yes, I look forward to night time because Joe and I get to be alone. I get a few precious minutes of quiet time to think and reflect on the day. But, my favorite part about night time is bedtime and spending it with my boys...

As I play at the playground with my boys, I hear stories about the love, appreciation, regrets and guilt that moms feel throughout motherhood. I hear two moms talking as they support each other from two different perspectives. One woman is taking the day off from work to spend time with her son. She...