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I am at war to keep great people skills, traditions and values alive in the 21st century. That's why I've started a place to share tangible, simple, mini-lessons that will help build our kids into outstanding adults. And if not, they'll have memories of one corny mom! That's a win-win, I'd say.    
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04.12.11
Lately my youngest is ridiculously difficult. Tantrums, frustration, and yes, anger. Most of the challenges seem to be a lack of communication. It’s almost like he doesn’t understand the meaning of simple words, yet words that change the entire meaning of what we are saying. For example: I’ll tell him he CAN have a granola [...] 03.15.11
 
Heaven help those involved in such a tragedy. My heart is sad and heavy for the entire country right now. Is it just me, or is this happening more and more often? When I was a kid, things of this magnitude happened years apart. Our kids are witnessing these events weeks apart all over the [...] 10.07.10
 Feeling truly sorry is subjective. Who knows how sorry I am or how sorry my son is after stomping on my barefeet with cowboy boots? Is he? REALLY? I leave the answer to that unanswered. That’s for the big guy, I’m overloaded on the easy ones as it is. At our house we have only [...] 09.14.10
I am…aren’t you? The thought donned on me this morning while driving carpool. I’m clueless. Visiting a cemetery Sunday, my mother-in-law says to her grandchild (as he’s looking at HER name on Grandpa’s headstone) “How would you feel if your name was on a headstone?” Clueless (me) quickly replies “I’d feel GREAT!” ………….Oh, yes, I did. In [...] 04.21.10
 I really like the book “The Five Love Languages“, it talks about the different ways we express love and how we best receive it. Hearing ‘I love you’ may resonate pretty well for some, where others just need a hug. In our family, we have started the HIKS program (pronounced: hickey….without the -ey, add an [...]  |
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