A few years ago, I was painting my boys’ bedroom over Winter Break. The paint smell was pretty noxious, so my sons ended up sleeping in the living room for a few nights. It was all very exciting as they each lay under a part of the Christmas tree, with the lights aglow on […]
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week is December 2-6, 2013 As a young girl visiting relatives in England, I recall sitting in the back seat of my grandfather’s 1972 Vauxhall, wearing my safety harness, careening down English country roads. My grandfather was driving. In his younger years, he successfully drove around wooded country lanes with hairpin turns […]
I told my husband before we got married that I wanted it all. However, 10 years later, I still struggle with balance. My personal experience with motherhood is this: It is the toughest job I have ever done and I was totally shocked to learn this, despite other parents passing on this gem that seemed […]
Have you considered supporting the St. Jude Give Thanks.Walk right here in Richmond on November 23rd? They make it easy to help – and registration is free! Then fundraise! St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a place close to my heart. I have had the opportunity to visit St. Jude in Memphis, Tennessee in 2001, […]
National School Psychology Week is November 11-15, 2013. School psychologists serve schools in a variety of ways. What you may find surprising is that school psychologists not only work with students, they also work as team members within a school to help build support networks with other professionals. This year’s theme is “Inspiring Teamwork at […]
Although I only recently wrote about my boys spending Halloween this year as Zombies, apparently Zombies were soooo last week. Initially, I wasn’t a fan of my kids becoming card carrying members of a Zombie apocalypse; however, the idea was growing on me. Then, the day before Halloween, a friend suggested that my oldest […]
Guest Post by Fiona Bessey-Bushnell Halloween has been one of my favorite holidays as a mom. In previous years, my kids dressed as endearing little zoo animals. You know the ones. The sweet-giraffes-with-soft- fuzzy- tails and the itsy-bitsy –spider-with-adorable-padded-tummies. However, my kids are fast aging out of the cutsie outfits. Last year, they both wanted to […]
