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If Mothers Can Tough Love Their Kids, Can Kids Tough Love Them Back?

Tough love is when a mother makes her child learn from his or mistakes without helping the child pick up the fallen pieces. If a mother or father decides not to support a child financially during a crunch, a mother can s…
Five Important Lessons Every Kid Should Learn

My oldest child begins 1st grade in just 6 short days! As excited as I am for all the wonderful experiences I know he's going to have, I'm worried too. Have I given him all the lessons he needs to be successful out in…
Do You See the World with Rose Colored Glasses?

I've been taking care of a particular patient recently. She's like every RNs worse nightmare. Demanding, needy, rude, impatient, and did I mention...RUDE. I know I picked a profession that is border lining on service, b…
I Hate When...

you bring a child in to this world, and refuse to care for the well being of the child. It's not a joke. For many the child is just another thing that happened in their lives, and has to be just given food and put to sl…
Have You Hugged a Mother Today?

One of the first lessons you learn on becoming a parent is that you will never again in your life get a decent night’s sleep. Even before the baby is born, the sheer terror of becoming responsible for a human life…
Would You...Adopt a Child?

Matt and I were talking about this at the dinner table the other evening. It's something I've been thinking about for a long time and it came up again. I've always wanted two of my own and one adopted. But Matt only…
When You Adopt Transracially...Taking Off the Rose Colored Glasses

So I will come clean and tell you that the ER part of our latest adventure was particularly brutal. Repeatedly, personal info was spoken over my child, "is their *no* family history whatsoever?". Finally my nine year…
My Thoughts on Parenting: What Sucks and What I'm Hopeful For...

I'm not going to lie and say that parenting is wonderful - many times it downright sucks! I spend so much of my day repeating myself: Keep your hands to yourself. Don't hit your sister with that. Give your brother…
The Good, the Bad and the Painful: My Lessons in Motherhood

Baby L was born on May 11. Currently, baby L is a little over 2 months old. Two months have flown by and it seems like ages ago I was complaining of heartburn and pelvic pain! I have learned a lot raising the bundle…
My Father -So Near But So Far Away

Part One. Father: The man that I'm supposed to trust and love unconditionally. The man that is supposed to protect me from all my fears and support me in any way that he can. The man that is supposed to make me believ…