Perspectives in Parenting

I'll never forget my 40th birthday. My husband and I celebrated at an Egyptian restaurant,  our table spilling over with 30 of our closest friends. We smoked the hookah, feasted on fresh pita, dips and skewered meats, and danced...

Jax is my son. He’s a bright, active, and happy 4 -year-old. Jax was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at 2 years 10 months. He was nonverbal, nonsocial, and had many sensory issues.  Jax went through evaluations to be...

I love honey. I think I enjoy it in some way every day, particularly in my tea. But such a simple thing takes a phenomenal amount of work for bees to make, even though they have been doing it...

Like any mom who’s been in the game for a while, I’ve gained some street cred over the years. I know my way around crying babies and explosive diapers. I’ve navigated the terrible twos and the reign of a...

Birthdays, holidays, grandparents with shopping addictions, oh my! Ask any momma out there what presents to get for her kiddos, and you'll likely get a blunt, firm, "NOTHING. THEY HAVE ENOUGH." Unfortunately, this response is often laughed off and...

February 28, 2019 Today marks the first anniversary of my grandmother’s last day on Earth. That evening she ate dinner and drank a Bud Light Lime--we know this because of the empty bottle perched on the kitchen counter, waiting to...

The current global pandemic definitely has me in my feelings. At any given moment, I have feelings of anxiety, sadness, anger, confusion, frustration as a result of this "new normal." Like many of you, I'm balancing a corporate job,...

Life is full of many hard things. My son recently taught me that sometimes we need to give ourselves a little pep talk to get through those hard things. I never realized my 2-year-old would be able to teach...