Back to school for the youngest

I might be exaggerating but when we dropped the youngest off at kindergarten she cried every morning for months, possibly years. While the photos above may show otherwise, I don’t think we had a truly smooth drop-off until second grade. It broke my heart every day to leave behind a crying … Continue reading →

University care packages in the age of Covid? Here’s an idea for you…

When our daughters went away to university I discovered I liked making care packages for them. Here's one package, and another, just to give you a sense of the kinds of things I sent. Of course, these were created and sent in the Before Times. It was a process. Building a care package took … Continue reading →

Coronavirus changing the daily lives of families

Mark is picking the youngest up in Kingston today, and moving her out of residence. I continue to work from home. At the moment, Piper is sitting on my lap, which is nice but she's a tad too large to fit. Related: her Instagram account and the #terriersofinstagram community continues to bring … Continue reading →

the best kind of surprises for us empty nesters

As some of you know, Mark and I are pretty much empty nesters now. It's kind of weird. Not just WEIRD, to me, but it might also be weird to you, especially since some of you have been following our family adventures from the day the girls were born. (!) Life is different in a bunch of ways. The … Continue reading →

Thoughts from a blogger and parent of older teens young adults

At the end of my previous post I linked to a very old blog post, an 18-year-old blog post, to be exact. It's so old it's not even part of the archives. I actually had to go and find it on my computer and upload it. I had to laugh at a sentence I had written at the top of the page: "Welcome … Continue reading →

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Back to school for the youngest

University care packages in the age of Covid? Here’s an idea for you…

Coronavirus changing the daily lives of families

the best kind of surprises for us empty nesters

Thoughts from a blogger and parent of older teens young adults