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Your First Play Group Today, at work, we registered children and babies for our first play groups! What I wish I could tell the parents; they probably would not believe.  This is so much more than a play group. Don’t get me wrong, the music and play dough, the snacks and songs, are all terrific […]

Your First Play Group


I love the unexpected.  I especially love when life gives you a moment in time that is so truly ordinary and void of expectation and suddenly (or even slowly) it turns into a pivotal moment.  An aha moment if you will, a moment of clarity and understanding. Now, I never could have anticipated being thankful […]

“No Space Between Us” from the movie Spanglish


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For the Love of the Game Dear Coach, Here is my child, a player for your team. This is difficult for me because I am entrusting you with a child I love more than life itself.It seems silly that a volunteer with 8 games and 6 practices can shape my child’s life, but it’s true. So […]

Dear Coach…. Sincerely, Every Parent



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I wish I could say it was a great epiphany or the culmination of the study of great parenting journals that helped me arrive at the decision to go screen-free for the summer.  No, it was nothing like that at all, it was an honest to goodness, full-blown, hissy fit. One of those not to be proud of parenting […]

The Truth about “Going Screen Free” for the Summer!


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I love the unexpected.  I love when life gives you a moment in time that is so truly ordinary and void of expectation and suddenly (or even slowly) it turns into a pivotal moment.  An aha moment if you will, a moment of clarity and understanding. I never anticipated being thankful for the nasty cold virus […]

No Space Between Us… (Spanglish, 2005)