Parenting And All That Good Stuff

OK, so I’ll admit, I was a little unusual when it came to raising my children. I always kept in mind that someday, they would

“No man is an island; no man stands alone……….we need one another”……Peter Schickele As a single parent one of the scariest things is not being

Everybody that knows me knows that I’m a city girl. I embrace city living basically because I grew up in that environment. There was no

Long before I was tall enough to reach the window sill of the Kingsborough project apartment where we lived in Brooklyn, New York; standing on

Painting by Lovie Jordan “We should always have three friends in our lives – one who walks ahead who we look up to and follow;

The year was 2005.  This was a big year in our family. I had two children graduating – one from college and one from high

  Photo from Google When I was growing up I never was able to go to an overnight camp. Those kids that I knew who

One of the best ways to build integrity in children is by example. A close second would be in what we say. We already know

I remember so vividly the childhood game “Follow the Leader”.  There was always someone in the group who coveted that leadership role. It was always

“Growing a family is never easy. Keeping the balance between the solidarity of the family and the individuality of its members demands sensitivity and compromise.”

Christmas Time when I was growing up was never my favorite time of the year. First of all that meant time off from school and

I’d like to take all that misguided emotion and Let it finally have a home in him. I want to run to him and bury