Category: We Are Family: Family Matters

Last Friday, I was stopped in my tracks by three dirty words from my second grader. After the usual morning madness, the boys managed to get outside with a few minutes to spare before the school bus arrived.  Tossing their backpacks aside (into the snow of course, getting them all…

As I watch the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, I can’t help but draw comparisons between those amazing, awe-inspiring events and the mundane, unremarkable routines of a busy mom or parent.  I might be reaching here, as my analogies are loose and some are steeped in hyperbole, so take these with a…