"Lectures often confuse our kids, but the example we set is crystal clear." - Zig Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World I had a little (pleasant) reminder that little eyes are always watching whether I am aware of it or not. As a parent, I don't usually know what settles into …
Step-Family
“You’re Family”
It has been an interesting roller coaster ride to see how the word Family and its meaning has shifted over the past year. Clear demarcation lines have been blurred or completely eliminated. There is an openness and a willingness to embrace each other into this new concept of …
A Mother’s love for her child(ren)
No one else will know the strength of my love for you. After all, you are the only one who knows what my hearts sounds like from the inside. I saw this quote the other day and it really struck a chord in me. There is something that shifts in you when you have a child. A fierce love fire flames …
Food Ninja-In -Training: An Opportunity for Generosity
Good Morning! What a way to start the day-fresh bagels and home made cream cheese. Totally Allegra's idea. Last week, completely out of the blue, Allegra asked if we could make cream cheese and bagels one day soon. Why not!! This weekend, we took the time with the girls, Allegra and Zola, to make …
Enough Room
So the only thing that matters is to incline one's own heart to love, because the person who loves is by nature lovable too. Yet if we love only because we want to be endearing, we succumb to the error of expecting results for our efforts. If an action is worth doing, then it doesn't lose this …