My friend had her first baby at forty-three after about 10 years of trying to conceive, several miscarriages and one baby that had to be aborted due to fetal hydrocephalus that had already eaten the 4 month fetus’ brain away.  I totally understand her over-zealousness in trying to make everything perfect right down to the [...]

Redesigning my teenager’s room has been a bit challenging this year, because my son is not your typical teenage boy. He is very creative and artsy, but not much into the normal sports and robotic designs that are out now.  When I gave him the opportunity to choose his own furniture, the choice of his [...]

Recently, we visited a friend who had been growing vegetables at home in her backyard.  It started as her child’s science fair project and spiraled into a new family pastime. Seeing how the children enjoyed watering, caring for and picking the vegetables, she decided to plant a garden full of healthy offerings and options for [...]

One of the guys from my office, James, whom I know only casually despite working with him just about every day for the last five years, had a built in gas grill at installed at his new house. He’d been trying to finish building it for almost two years, but problems with financing and contractors had [...]

My seventeen-year old daughter and her friends would like to go and get matching flower tattoos for her eighteenth birthday this summer before they all start their journey through the college years.  Her friends have been her “sisterhood” since kindergarten and they will soon part ways for different universities across the United States.  My daughter [...]