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I wonder… will there ever be a time in my son’s life when I DON’T want to rush in and make it all better? I can’t imagine it ever being so.   He’s 14 ½ now, just starting the 9th grade and I STILL want to rush in and save the day every time. Of course...

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...Even around sharp objects. –sigh- not an easy task for any parent. I was raised wedged between two worlds. My grandmother, who had me at least half the time I was growing up, has serious anxiety disorders. Everything would cause her to freak out, panic and worry. This in turn would...

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So I took my 4 year old daughter to her first horseback riding lesson on Sunday thinking that I wish that I would have started earlier when I was a kid and now is the best time for her. So I went into it thinking that it would take her some time, and some falls(even though I was dreading this)...

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Like any other kind of stone; kidney stone, gallstone, a milestone can be difficult. Overnight it seems I find myself living with two men rather than my little boy and my husband. I know I’ve talked a little about this realization before here, but this week we had a big milestone. On...

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So today in the mail I received my new drivers license. Now I have not had a picture taken since my 16 yr old picture when I first got my license and that was 13 years ago. The thing about it, it was a GREAT picture. I loved it(which as you know is very rare for a DL) I always got comments about...

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It seems like overnight Jakey is getting taller, expanding his vocabulary and just plain simply, growing up. He'll be four next month which I realize in the big picture of life, he's still in his infancy. Nonetheless, he's achieved many milestones thus far: crawling, walking, talking,...

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Back when my son was three I really wanted another baby. REALLY REALLY wanted another one. My husband however did not. After much discussion, we came to a compromise. It takes six months for a vasectomy to become affective. I would have those six months to get pregnant, or not. If not, that would...

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