As usual, my women friends are dragging grouchy old badger me into modern trends. Even though I am old as dirt and stuck in my ways, I like to think…

I am mainlining my 5th cup of coffee this morning as I recover from the whiplash of bounce house near-misses, 102 pictures of the birthday boy not smiling…

My 11th grade daughter showed up with a trust-fund kid one night with no warning. I had TV flashbacks of Logan from Gilmore Girls. I was shocked as…

I’m a Dance Mom of 3. I could not live without my multi-family, color-coded carpool schedule to shuttle my lovelies and their fellow dancers to and from their combined…

Unless I’m by myself, grocery shopping is one of the cruelest forms of torture. Give me a root canal or a bikini wax but please don’t make me…

September: The Honeymoon Stage. The school year begins, and everyone has the best of intentions. Enthusiastic to get everyone started on the right foot, you try to make…

Gone are the days when a birthday party invitation meant dropping your kid off curbside at Chuck E. Cheese. These days, children’s birthday parties are a family affair,…

At school pickup time today, my son Jack bounded toward me, excitedly waving a document that parents dread more than teen pregnancy and head lice. Its brightly colored…