Do you know what colleges really want your kids to have? Authenticity. Colleges want students to stop working so hard at racking up accomplishments, accumulating extracurricular activities and taking AP […]

How do you still carve out time to play as a family as the kids get older? Family game time used to come easily and often in our family. But, […]

I’ve wanted to ignore the fact that this photo really took place just on the other side of the beautiful city that I live in. Yes, this picture makes me angry. I […]

Snuggled on the couch with two of my children, it was time to head off for my weekly visit to mentor my tween, Jen, who lives in a foster care […]

Choosing a word of the year is all the hype. Perhaps you’ve already chosen yours or are in deliberation. Or maybe you have never even thought about letting a word […]

Here we are again friends. That first full week in January when the kids head back to school and we are left to regroup after the holiday hustle and bustle. […]