These are some of the things I know to be true about my mother-in law: She believed without a doubt that her four sons were perfect. And even if they weren’t, she never said otherwise in public. She taught me to set up the coffee maker in the evening so all you had to do was push a button in the morning. The definition of a ...
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Most young children compete with their siblings for their parent’s affection. My sisters’ and my rivals, however, were my father’s plants. He adored lush ferns and bright colors, lipstick red summer geraniums and the bold purple of miniature lobelia. Our lawn was golf-course green and weed-free (you can read more on how you can easily achieve this). ...
Picture this: I’m about to see my college boyfriend for the first time in 15 years. I’m flying into his town for a book talk and will be staying at his house. That’s right. With his wife and kids. He’s picking me up at the airport now and we’re triangulating where to meet via cell phone. Background: This isn’t some prom date kind of ...
I'd love to hear your stories, advice, thoughts on sending a child off to college. This will be my first time and I'm going to do a segment on Good Morning America in August. It's going to be a piece on good advice from other Moms-- so please write me if you have some tips on what you bought that was useful, how you handled yourself when you dropped ...
I don't often do nothing. I don't know how to simply do nothing. My husband says he has never seen me sit completely still and watch a movie. I always have to be in motion somehow-- accomplishing something-- putting pictures in a scrap book or folding laundry. I don't know if people still darn socks, but if they did, I suppose I'd be darning socks ...