Steady As She Goes

If I have learned anything in my almost 18 years as a parent, it’s that the best and most important thing I can do in any circumstance is to maintain my control because it’s the only control I have at any given moment. Obviously, I cannot influence situations or...

I Do Declare

I think the first time I watched Gone with the Wind I was somewhere around the age of 10 and the reason I remember the movie is not because of the movie itself or even some of its famous and oft-quoted lines. I remember watching the movie on the couch in our family...

We’re All In

Many years ago I lived in Boston. I had an awesome one bedroom apartment right near the Prudential Center with a T-stop right on the corner where I lived. I could walk everywhere and I loved it. One of my favorite places to go was the Public Gardens because it was a...

Daydream Believers…

I am fairly certain neither of our teenagers have ever heard the classic Monkeys tune, Daydream Believers, and yet, I am also pretty confident they are each regular daydreamers. But, while I believe this to be true, this post is not about their daydreams or even their...