The last few weeks have been rough. I'm a teacher and students have early Spring Fever. This is a common occurrence: students getting restless when the weather warms up. More >>

I am a 'step' dad. My twins are my step sons. They are my SONS. I have close now to ten years of step parenting under my belt. Cutting to the chase, as with everything in life, we all have 'choices'. More >>

...I lost my daughter in 2005 at the age of 22 [sighs] after she had a four year battle with cancer. I don't live, I just survive. More >>

As a parent, there is no greater pain than losing a child. How can one stop grieving and start living again? More >>

If I had the opportunity to say one more thing to my father, it would be, 'Thank you so much for being the man you are and for raising me to be me.' More >>

I think that young people are set up for making poor career choices when they are guided to think about their career as picking something that they will like to do, which most often correlates with "will I be making big bucks"... More >>

...Just last June, my husband and I (who were driving partners in a big rig) crashed in Texas. In a matter of moments, my life changed. My husband was driving and I was in the sleeper. More >>

I was a high school teacher on September 11, 2001, not yet a mother. My husband and I had been married for just over a year and we'd recently begun talking about starting a family. And then that horrific Tuesday morning occurred... More >>

Are men chivalrous anymore? The answer is largely "no." The reason: women's behavior... More >>

...My husband of 22 years passed away in April (complications of Leukemia)... My husband was a veterinarian and much loved in a community where he practiced for 40 years. The outpouring of support was (and is) amazing. What stuck with me most was... More >>