by Kay | Mar 25, 2013 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting
Being Spring Break staycationers, we filled our vacation week with Legos, Downton Abbey revisits, rousing games of Mexican Train and a couple local outings. Our favorite of which was an open-skate afternoon at the crowd favorite, White Rock Skate. For the kids, it was...
by Kay | Mar 1, 2013 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting
After dropping off one set of kids, I confessed to the rest of my brood, “I feel so sick this morning.” From the back of our bus, Snopes (a.k.a. Speed Police) sweetly asks why. “Well, I may have blown The Today Show thing.” To catch everyone...
by Kay | Feb 11, 2013 | ... on life
“You know when you were that age, I had friends for you over almost every day.” “Really?” asked my teenage daughter as we sat on a park bench watching her younger brother. Poor boy has no friends. Unless their last name is Wyma. Then he has four friends. Four best...
by Kay | Jan 23, 2013 | ... on life, Uncategorized
Here’s a good word from Rabbi Marc Gellman that was shared yesterday in NewsWeek’s Daily Beast. Words that encourage us to stop for a moment and define the happiness we pursue and so desperately want for our kids. What kind of happiness do you strive to...
by Kay | Jan 21, 2013 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting
Last weekend, Jon & I sat down to breathe. As we exhaled, we hit the remote control and searched for some veg t.v. – as in, thoughtless, let’s escape for an hour, mind candy. Downton Abby popped up on the guide. So we decided to see what all the hype is...
by Kay | Dec 24, 2012 | ... on life, Reflections
Squeals of delight and tears of joy will fill many homes over the next twenty-four hours as a season is celebrated and gifts are exchanged. A few eye-rolls and quite possibly, “Awww!”s could also float through the air. In our house we just might have one or two,...