Share Today was a bittersweet day for me. Both my kiddos started back to school today—my son is now a junior in high school and my 6 year old is now an official 1st grader. How time flies! My 16 year old gave me the death stare when I asked to take his picture for [...]

Share I used to be elated when I began seeing the back-to-school commercials on television. And when I started to receive emails from the school after the summer hiatus, it was like a breath of fresh air, a reminder that the kiddos would be back to school and I could focus on my job and [...]

Share My six year old is in her curious stage. I am answering her questions for the better part of the day. “Mommy, what’s this?” “What does this do?” “What do you use this for?” Lately, the questions pertain to my body and its parts, which I know is a normal function of childhood. She [...]

Share When I was younger, about age 9 or 10, my father took me to work with him on Saturdays when he worked extra hours on a project. He was a computer systems analyst consultant (fancy word for data programmer) and worked in an office in downtown Phoenix with rows of complex machines and computers. [...]

Share It’s been a stressful few days, and I will tell you why. My sixteen year old and I have been having a bevy of miscommunication issues. What started off as a misunderstanding has now become something greater. I’ve always prided myself and my great communication skills in the workplace, but I guess on the [...]

Share Let me preface this post by saying I am not a spanker. I do not spank my children, although I have spanked my now sixteen year old when he was smaller. My six year old hasn’t been spanked at all; with her, a good talking to or chastising does the trick. However, I do [...]

Share Prom season is in full swing! My son is a Sophomore, so he’s not participating in prom until NEXT year, but I do know that most high schools are having their proms during the next few weeks. When I look back on my prom, I have mixed thoughts. I went to prom both my [...]

Share Last night while working on my laptop, my sixteen year old son and my six year old daughter were watching television together. My son turned to one of the video channels and on it was Rihanna singing her current hit, ‘Rude Boy’. My daughter jumps up and starts singing the lyrics: “take it, take [...]

Share If I could count the number of times I’ve been asked that question after revealing that I am the mother of a six and a sixteen year old, it would make me a numerical genius. It’s as if people look at me and assume that I couldn’t possibly have a child that old or [...]

Share My six year old daughter is extremely excited about Earth Day. Her teacher and classroom have been discussing Earth Day for the past week or so, and she has really gotten into the act. When I picked her up from school last week, she asked me, “Mommy, what is Earth Day?” I explained to [...]

Share Sixteen years ago today, I gave birth to my son, Codi. I cannot believe my little man is the big one six now, but of course, time waits for no one and flies by with a blink of an eye. My son and I have been through many ups and downs together. Lately, our [...]

Share This is a really sticky topic, I have recently found out. While speaking to a friend of mine about our teens, the issue of privacy came up. My friend told me that because of past incidents with her son who is now eighteen and a senior in high school, she screens all of his [...]

Share Ahh…kids say the darndest things, I tell ya. Last night while driving around running errands, I mentioned a friend of mine who I met on Twitter and my fifteen year old son wrinkled his nose. I asked why he looked like he just smelled rotten meat, and he tells me with a straight face, [...]