Only Eighteen Christmases
November 1, 2022
Eighteen gets to be a gut-wrenchingly small number when you realize that’s the number of times you have to make significant memories with your kids.
empty nest
Money Management 101 for College Kids
April 8, 2022
I graduated high school with a ton of bad advice on establishing a credit rating and almost no concept of financial planning beyond “How to Operate a Savings Account.” I don’t want my kids to do that.
Navigating The Summer Before College
May 1, 2020
If your daughter is heading to college next fall, you’re probably in the same place I was last year. It was my daughter’s last summer before college.
9 Reasons I Love Having Adult Children
March 12, 2020
rather than dwell on the growing pains of change in our relationship, I prefer to celebrate the positive side of being a parent to my adult kids. And there are so many reasons why…
7 Ways I’m Preparing for an Empty Nest
April 4, 2019
Before the kids have moved out completely, I’ve decided to try to start preparing for an empty nest – when it’s just my husband and me at home.
I’m Not Ready for an Empty Nest
November 8, 2018
The great big book of parenting (which none of us actually receives) never warned me of the absolute fear I would have of an empty nest.
How I Failed to Ruin my Son
June 23, 2016
Jonathan, my middle child, graduated from high school this month. Like millions of
Only Eighteen Christmases
November 1, 2022
Eighteen gets to be a gut-wrenchingly small number when you realize that’s the number of times you have to make significant memories with your kids.
Money Management 101 for College Kids
April 8, 2022
I graduated high school with a ton of bad advice on establishing a credit rating and almost no concept of financial planning beyond “How to Operate a Savings Account.” I don’t want my kids to do that.
Navigating The Summer Before College
May 1, 2020
If your daughter is heading to college next fall, you’re probably in the same place I was last year. It was my daughter’s last summer before college.
9 Reasons I Love Having Adult Children
March 12, 2020
rather than dwell on the growing pains of change in our relationship, I prefer to celebrate the positive side of being a parent to my adult kids. And there are so many reasons why…
7 Ways I’m Preparing for an Empty Nest
April 4, 2019
Before the kids have moved out completely, I’ve decided to try to start preparing for an empty nest – when it’s just my husband and me at home.
I’m Not Ready for an Empty Nest
November 8, 2018
The great big book of parenting (which none of us actually receives) never warned me of the absolute fear I would have of an empty nest.
How I Failed to Ruin my Son
June 23, 2016
Jonathan, my middle child, graduated from high school this month. Like millions of
