Teenagers can be a bit prickly. Hello, understatement.

• You tell them dinner is ready (the dinner you prepared for them with their favorite foods), and you get yelled at.
• You awkwardly leave a work
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Later this summer, our older daughter will check off a giant bucket list item: going to see Taylor Swift in concert. You can imagine what our house sounds like until then: T Swizzle on repeat around t...

I still remember getting into my mom’s car in third grade after school one day and being so excited to announce my career plans: I would become an elementary school teacher, just like my hero, Mr. Bai...

I doubt you can believe it, but we left the hospital 17 years ago, almost to the day, with our brand new baby boy and ZERO instructions for what to do when we got home. They handed us a bag filled wit...

Growing up, I was a bit of a social paradox. Super shy at school and in many social situations, I wanted to spend every waking moment playing with friends. It’s easy for me to remember many moments pl...

I’ve always been a sucker for Westerns, especially when you add my favorite actors, Kevin Costner, and Harrison Ford. I’m totally hooked on the Paramount+ shows Yellowstone and its spinoffs, 1923 and ...

Scanning back in my recent memory, with three kids in our family, I have no shortage of material regarding difficult parenting moments. One kid wasn’t invited to a playdate- the only one of her friend...

If you had asked me when I was in high school what I planned on doing with my life I would’ve had a very clear (and impressive) answer. Get a degree in Accounting and Finance from a top university, wo...

A few weeks ago, my family went up to the local mountains skiing during a school break for a few days. We had an awesome time—all five of us are pretty good skiers, and it’s the one sporting activity ...

A frantic text came in the other day from our daughter on her 8th grade school trip to the East Coast, “I forgot my dress for Hamilton in the hotel, and we already left.”

You’ve been there before, ri...