This is the very first summer that I did not put my kids into any kind of summer camp or activity based program. Yes, I know, I am either Mother of the Year or totally insane. The reality is, since we live at the shore I thought it would be a waste of time having […]
A Christmas Wish for My Kids
I had THAT conversation with my seven year-old son yesterday. We had the kind of talk that made me feel like I was super old. We were discussing his Christmas list and I started to sound like my own mom – telling him that money doesn’t grow on trees and he needs to get a […]
Etched in My Mind
When she entered a room she commanded attention. She was strikingly beautiful. She wore a classy black cocktail dress and gorgeous high heels. She was thin, blonde and just absolutely stunning. I never met this woman before but saw her from afar at a recent family function. She was the kind of woman who lit up […]
What Every Housewife Needs to Know about Pull and Push
Early in my marriage (one random day in January) I decided to take a day off from work because I had a nasty head cold and I just wasn’t feeling quite like myself, something was certainly off. It was either me being totally hormonal or it could have been the fact that my husband and I were […]
Passing the Torch
Standing outside that bar for the first time in years felt strange. The establishment had since changed hands and was renamed to something I can’t even pronounce. It even boasted a shiny new red sign outside. Stepping in through the double doors it was nothing as I remembered it to be. The center bar was […]