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I only remember one time when my mother said to me, prior to a spanking, “This hurts me more than it hurts you.” Even though there were tears in her eyes, it made me angry. I just didn’t get it that day. I understand that the emotional pain a parent experiences when a child disobeys…
I remember the day I came downstairs and realized I was watching to see what mood my three-year-old was going to be in. That’s because his mood set the tone for my day! This kid spent his waking hours getting into things and playing outside the box, always outside the box. He made life fun…
Thirty Little Fingers is about life as a mother. A mother of three, then of more . . . . Each addition is a blessing, but not all days are full of calmness and quiet. The days are long and the nights are short. There is no Norman Rockwell painting in this book. Just daily…
The 2007 Virginia Tech Shooting “Don’t you have a son at Virginia Tech?” one of my coworkers asked me. “I have two there,” I told her. “Why?” “There’s been a shooting at Virginia Tech and it sounds bad.” I’m sure you know what I did. I called my boys and, when I didn’t get…
The Thing About a Child’s Play I’m not a psychologist or a counselor, not a caseworker or a therapist, but I’ve learned a few things about raising kids. The reason could be that I’ve raised six of my own. It could be that I’ve babysat multiple nieces and nephews, or it could be that I spent…
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