Is there anything more universally coveted than the Empty Seat Next to You? The flight attendant announces that the doors are closed, there’s nobody else coming, and the middle seat is [...]

Several years ago, when I worked from home, I used to pick up Lucy from pre-school. I would wait outside the classroom with a cluster of moms, and when we heard [...]

Let me ask you this: As parents of children in the same class, do we need to talk to each other? Don’t get me wrong - I’m not saying talking should be, [...]

Yesterday I asked the kids for a status report on how I was doing packing their snacks for school. “I LOVE the Veggie Straws!” Lucy exclaimed, like she’d been waiting all [...]

Lucy corrected me this past weekend when, in the midst of our first yoga session, I told her I wasn’t any good at yoga. “You’re not good at yoga yet,” she [...]