Surfing Bondi Beach

Island Travel Interviews- Australia, Take 1 (Sydney)

Read the full post on MackinawRoad.com Which Island Will You Be Talking About and Why Did You Choose This Island? Australia. Which, according to the Internet, may or may not be an island, given it has “continent” status, but either way, it’s surrounded by water and we visited it in our Spring, their Fall, of...

Mantra for the New Mom of Two - Don't Wish it Away

Mantra for the New Mom of Two

Forging through those first sleepless nights felt like the hazing of a first time mom again. But I wasn’t a first-time mom. Through the eyes and experience of a second-time mom, I tried to remind myself that the struggle was only temporary. A line from an old Elton John song kept playing through my...

A Perfect Attendance Trophy Still Counts - Parent.com

A Perfect Attendance Trophy Still Counts

When my parents downsized their house, my mom seemed overjoyed that she could finally unload the boxes of memorabilia she’d amassed throughout my childhood. My husband received a similar delivery from his mom when we got married. Both were unsentimental send-offs of stuff to the rightful owners. We moved these unopened boxes from apartment...