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Hashtags from the Home Front

by Kay | Oct 14, 2013 | ... on life, Laughter, Purposeful Parenting, Uncategorized

In the spirit of hashtags, here are a few phrases frequently floated around our house: #iwasgonnadothat The frequent response to almost any undone task, “I was gonna do that” is a teen’s go-to phrase. It tends to be floated as an attempt to get credit for doing what...

There’s More to Life than Tasks

by Kay | Oct 7, 2013 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting

Last week, due to a little procrastination and flakiness, I walked into one of the local copy shops at 5:30 the night before I needed sixty-five sets of 40-page, double sided and bound copies. Despite a 6:00 appointment, I Polly-Anna’d my way on faith that I could get...

Leaning into “those” moments … so we don’t miss out

by Kay | Sep 30, 2013 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting

Tears then … smiles today. Fun memories of an Easter Egg Roll gone bad. Yesterday I sat behind a pregnant woman who looked like she could have her baby right there in the auditorium. I felt safe to ask her when she’s due. It’s the taboo question – one to be...

Dress To Impress

by Kay | Sep 23, 2013 | ... on life

“Mom … this week can we go dress shopping?” asked Barton. We had just dropped her friends off at their houses on the other end of Jon D William’s Cotillion class. Cotillion, the age-old effort to groom manners and introduce children to the art of proper social...

Carpool Confirmations

by Kay | Sep 9, 2013 | ... on life, Laughter

School is full swing in gear. Summer seems like a lifetime ago. And I’m back at Tom Thumb, grateful for the gas discount, waiting with all the other carpoolers to fill up our cars on Sunday night. I’ve assumed my position behind the wheel and have somehow survived...

Is Less Actually More?

by Kay | Sep 2, 2013 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting

“He’s so interesting,” my friend commented, laughing at Jack walking by. He had shot her a little wink. Not a flirty wink – the kid is six – but a cute little excited-about-this-piece-of-cake nod. I saw him do it, but wasn’t going to say anything. Since she started, I...