parenting

In Praise of Stepfamilies

My youngest brother sent me an email today asking whether he should invite our stepmother to his wedding. “I don't want to upset Mom,” he

There's something new to worry about today: Eastern Equine Encephalitis, known by the catchy little phrase, "Triple E!" like some major sports team.

I was eating lunch when I got a text from my youngest son today. “95 on Spanish quiz!” he wrote. Ironically, at that very moment I was

My daughter called me last night to celebrate her news. “I got the job!” she said. “I'm going to be decorating cupcakes!” I cheered. My

As Herman Cain strives to rise above the sexual harassment allegations dogging his run for the presidency (and I do mean “dogging”), almost every

It's Halloween today, and I'm bleary-eyed—not from getting ready for the holiday, but from helping my youngest son practice his Spanish presentation.

In two weeks, we're going to face our dream – or our nightmare. That's when we're going to actually start living part-time in our Canadian farmhouse.

For the first time in my mothering life, I almost turned the radio off today. Here's what happened: I was driving my 13 year-old son and

I came upstairs last night and found my husband Dan pulling something out of the laundry stacked on his bureau. He looked puzzled. “These