A balanced diet is a piece of chocolate in each hand Without a doubt, I’m getting old when my idea of sin is having coffee with a couple of pieces […]

Faye Lippitt The New Year begins. Choose your memories. We are one of very few countries on earth that have the privilege of unmasked gatherings of friends. 2020 may have […]

Of all the Christmas traditions that come around this month, one of our favorites was always the Christmas pageant at the church. One year, all of our kids got a […]

Acknowledging the good you have in your life is the foundation for all abundance                                                 – Eckhart Tolle – What a year. Picking through the good times and bad, the […]

I live in a madhouse run by a tiny army that I made myself anonymous Siblings Fight should be a sign nailed to all parents’ bedroom doors who consider having […]

Spring is nature’s way of saying “Let’s Party!” Ah, the lusty days of spring when a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Well, and that goes for […]

If a toddler comes up to you and offers you a cookie, don’t take it. It is not a cookie. It’s the flu. My husband and I are generally very […]

A typical scene from the past at our home: Enter three-year old Otis, wide eyed and in a hurry. Loud crying in the background: “If something happened to Sam I […]

“Laughter will succeed where threats punishments and pious lectures will not. Peter Tremayne Badgers Moon My husband and I had six children in eight years. Some of them came two […]

Pride goeth before the fall -Book of Proverbs, the Bible Faye Lippitt There are certain mileposts in a child’s life that mark a transition from one developmental stage to another. […]