Halloween Happiness

This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015I don’t like to be scared.  I don’t like scary movies, scary situations – I even read books with a semi-scary plot in the day time only.  So it should come as no surprise to anyone that I don’t like to dress my kids in scary or gory costumes for Halloween.  Most often, I let them have the final say on their costume ideas and I Continue Reading

The Magic Word

This post was most recently updated on May 17th, 2015When I was younger (and newly married, with only a part time job and no kids), I was busy all the time, doing things for other people. Need someone to work an extra shift? Sure! Want a volunteer to help staff a charitable event? You bet! Looking for someone to spend hours editing your organization’s publicity article for the newspaper and then to just rewrite it? Continue Reading