Thorn and Rose

October 19, 2016

I am a mother of teens; I have two teenage daughters. It is hard being a mother of teens: hard, …

Enjoying Time Together

July 31, 2014

This evening on the way home from the beach, my daughter and I were chatting. I can’t remember all the …

March 7, 2013

This afternoon around 3:00 pm, I gave my two middle school girls a choice: you may either go outside and …

December 13, 2012

I hate to shop. Wait…that’s a little strongly worded: I do not like to shop. I do not like to …

November 16, 2012

How can I make art accessible to my children? – the young one, the reluctant one, the inexperienced one? I …

November 15, 2012

So far this week, I have highlighted the artwork of my husband and my two daughters. This post – fourth …

October 31, 2012

I privately tutor my daughters at home; this is also known as home-schooling. One morning several years ago, I was taking …