“Lectures often confuse our kids, but the example we set is crystal clear.” – Zig Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World I had a little (pleasant) reminder that little eyes are always watching whether I am aware of it or not. As a parent, I don’t usually know what settles into those little…
It has been an interesting roller coaster ride to see how the word Family and its meaning has shifted over the past year. Clear demarcation lines have been blurred or completely eliminated. There is an openness and a willingness to embrace each other into this new concept of Family. fam·i·lyˈ noun 1. a group consisting of…
No one else will know the strength of my love for you. After all, you are the only one who knows what my hearts sounds like from the inside. I saw this quote the other day and it really struck a chord in me. There is something that shifts in you when you have a…
Mina came home yesterday after a week with her dad and grandparents. She decided she was ready to talk about her feelings regarding the Divorce. Typical Mina style, she told me that she finally had words to express how she felt and she wanted to discuss them. “It’s hard for a little girl to go…
There are days everything lines up nice and smooth. Then there are days that resemble a tangled ball of yarn that has fallen to the floor, picked up by the dog and run around the house creating chaos. This is one of those weeks. With the girls in school, both Alex and my cars at…
Last September my brain was a tizzy with all this things I needed to accomplish through the fall. I was constantly on the move and I was making myself (and my friends) nuts. One day, I spent the morning at the local thrift store and something fell off the shelf, hit me in the head,…
Good Morning! What a way to start the day-fresh bagels and home made cream cheese. Totally Allegra’s idea. Last week, completely out of the blue, Allegra asked if we could make cream cheese and bagels one day soon. Why not!! This weekend, we took the time with the girls, Allegra and Zola, to make up…
So the only thing that matters is to incline one’s own heart to love, because the person who loves is by nature lovable too. Yet if we love only because we want to be endearing, we succumb to the error of expecting results for our efforts. If an action is worth doing, then it doesn’t…