Lindsay D
Dance Moms Beware :: Lessons in Recital Etiquette
Visions of bobby pins and tangled hair nets scattered about; an aroma of hairspray so thick in the air one can barely breathe; feathers drifting into piles from the always molting costumes . ....
Head Lice :: The Dos and Don’ts
If the sight of someone scratching his or her head triggers you, you've possibly had a run-in with lice. And, once you've experienced those little horrors, nothing is worse than hearing your child say,...
The Best Plants for Brown Thumbs
I could easily spend days at the the botanical gardens, spend hours shopping in the gardening center, and drop an entire paycheck just on plants. I want my house to be where all the...
I Swore I’d Never Homeschool :: Never Say Never
In the words of Mr. Alice Cooper: "School's out forever . . . "
Now, I’m not saying he predicted the future, but do you know the lyrics to the song "Schools Out"?
This guy...
The Game of MASH :: Contentment and Learning to Flourish Where You Are Planted
Who remembers the game of MASH? For those who aren't familiar, allow me to explain. MASH is an acronym for Mansion/Apartment/Shack/House. It's a game of fortune predicting an extravagant and a very unlikely future...
THE Talk :: Open and Honest
Little Laundry Talks
There must be some kind of unspoken rule that when Mom is folding laundry (or using the bathroom, but I won’t go there), the kids are ready to have serious talks. I remember...
Three Generations of Tough-Love
Three Generations
My great-grandmother became a mom at age 17, and she gave lots of motherly advice to my grandmother, who became a mom at 20. She called it a mother's "tough-love." She was able...
The Terrible Twos
The Terrible Twos
Mamas: I am writing to you from the trenches. There is screaming, gnashing of teeth, fit-throwing, tears, and snotty noses that run at the sight of tissues. There are daily meltdowns over...
Father’s Day :: A Father to the Fatherless
Father's Day used to be a hard reminder of what my children didn’t have. Every year, the daycare would send home a craft that was made for each child’s daddy. I can still hear...
Never Give Up Hope :: A “Homeward Bound” Story
Our family Labrador, Bruce, went missing in July of 2016. The emotional toll it took, specifically on our son Nixson, was devastating. He spent those two-and-a-half years praying for Bruce every single night; and...