I recently overheard my hubby saying, “Thank God my wife has a psychology degree or we would never have made it this far in the parenting department.”  I am not sure that is completely true, but it has helped us tremendously over the years.  I think what really matters is that he has an engineering mind…

Kindness, positive vibes, and humor can go a long way regardless of the situation.  In the last few weeks I have flown across the country twice.  Air travel never disappoints in the entertainment category.  Whatever you are looking for you can find.  You want love, drama, tears, laughter, or annoyance?  The airport has got it…

Some people just have a natural ability to sit with things.  Be calm.  Be rational.  Be patient.  Then there are others who can’t seem to stop themselves.  They explode with emotions on both sides of the fence.  They aren’t particular about whether it’s something exciting or awful.  They just have to get it out. As…

You know those weeks where you blame it on your job, the weather, the kids, the time change and then you are just like, “whatever planet that is messing with me better move out of retrograde or wherever it’s not supposed to be soon or someone is going to get hurt?”  Yeah, the end of…

I think I learned a valuable lesson at 4 a.m. yesterday morning. It sounds like I am an overachiever who has risen before the sun to get after it and make things happen but, no, I am not. In fact, I am a procrastinator and often need cues to do the basics that maybe everyone…

These kids are going to break me yet. Take me back to carseats and diapers any day. This whole parenting adult children is definitely not for the faint of heart. I remember how challenging those early years were and they were HARD. When I think about bringing our second baby home to a house with…