Oct 16, 2022 | Family Stories, On Parenting
We playfully called it our “Kill the Van” trip. We didn’t know how true that moniker would become. With two sons heading off to college in the fall, we spent all last spring planning an epic trip Out West, one last “fling” in our 12-passenger van. I researched,...
Nov 1, 2020 | Family Stories, Mothering Thoughts, On Parenting
The kids were all making Fourth Lunch or whatever the meal is they make when they get home from school. (Never mind that dinner is two hours away, nothing but an entire four-course meal will do at 3:30 in the afternoon.) I was rushing toward my espresso maker,...