Family

I have a love-hate relationship with Instagram. I love the photos other people share there that look so perfect, but it sometimes makes me feel like my life isn’t pretty enough to be Instagram-worthy. Thankfully, I have an adorable son with dimples and glasses whose photos seem to get more …

This will be our third school year where A.J.’s is enrolled in gifted classes. Thanks to parent-teacher meetings and detailed emails with his teachers, we’ve surmounted several stumbling blocks. Here’s a look at the back to school reminders we’re working on for his attitude and aptitude that I hope you …

Our 8-year-old A.J. is not the type of child who likes to go to summer camps. I learned this summer that he was much happier if he was sitting on the couch, wearing only his underwear and playing Roblox on his Kindle. But that’s not conducive to a work at home …

A.J. has been counting down to the day the Teen Titans Go Movie hit theaters. He’s a huge fan of the TV show on the Cartoon Network. I admit I didn’t know much about the show even though A.J. usually watches it in the afternoons. For our preview experience of …

Our family of three has only had a handful informal family meetings – usually over a weekend dinner, on a long road trip, or on a Saturday morning when we are all piled up in our king sized bed together. Meeting wherever you are and whenever you have time is …