Messy, imperfect complicated relationships in families just naturally happen. Just because something is imperfect doesn't make it less...

After 21 years of parenting, LOTS of trial and error and blood, sweat and tears my husband and I finally wrote down our parenting values. ...

Honestly sometimes I have to repeat in my mind, "I am the grown up, I need to act like an adult!" Because heaven knows sometimes the eye...

Behavior is communication. This post is not intended to be about our current racial and political issues, although it certainly could be....

Let me introduce you to my grandson Taysen. We’ve been told we look a lot alike. Our features, they say, are similar. I consider that a...

An Instagram live with therapist David Kozlowski with actionable tools on how to connect with and be first responders for our kids when...

Who else loves Dolly? Can’t you just hear her saying this?? A week from tomorrow is Mother’s Day. I’m going to talk a bit bluntly and...

Let's be clear here. What we are being asked to do right now in educating our children is not typical home schooling. I have many...

Soft, yummy cinnamon rolls ½ c hot water 2 TB yeast 2 c milk, scalded ½ c oil (i use butter) 1 c sugar 1 tsp salt 1 c mashed potatoes...

This beautiful lady is my husband's Grandmother Layton.  She is 100 years old todayand truly an angel on earth.  She lost her husband of...

"If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. You shield it and protect it. You never abuse it. You don’t expose it...

Six years ago we moved 400 miles away from our home in Las Vegas where we had lived for 12 years.   My oldest son was 14 and was in the...

This blog post was originally written nearly 5 years ago...however the lessons learned still apply and it was so good for me to read...