Hilltown Families 
“NO!” “No.” That one word starts it ALL doesn’t it? “No.” Such a simple word. Just two letters, but packs a punch especially when it comes from the mouth of an...
I Have Always Been a Fantasizer I have always been a fantasizer. I am sure that there is not one human being who knows me who is shocked by that statement....
A List of Golden Rules for Divorced Parents A high school acquaintance of mine recently contacted me. I knew from Facebook statuses and through our small town gossip grapevine (of which...
A Strong Woman “I am going to get married.” This simple sentence was uttered two nights ago while Ila and I were sitting together playing. When I say that this phrase...
We Are Not in a Position to Obtain Wants We are not in a position to obtain wants. Through circumstances beyond my control, a third of my single-income paycheck, each single-income...
So Your Daughter Has Gluten Intolerance? “So your daughter has your gluten intolerance as well?” The nurse grimaced and her faced seemed to echo my sentiments exactly-grimace, grrr, darn-it-all and other...
I’m Doing it Again I am doing it again. I guess the admittance makes it different this time around, but it doesn’t help at all. I am doing it again. I...
I’m Afraid of the Wind I am afraid of the wind. I am not talking about that pesky kind of breeze that always seems to pop up when one is getting...
Hindsight “Hindsight’s 20/20.” You’ve heard of this popular phrase. How many of us—if we knew then what we know now– would do so many things differently as parents? It seems that...