Road Trip Remedies

Are you traveling for the holidays?  Do you dread being in the car with your kids?  You just need to be prepared.  Instead of singing “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall,” choose more wholesome games and travel songs to sing. Many travel games start in our imagination. We make them up as we go [...]

Movie Night for the Girls

Spending time with your daughter is one of the best things that you can give  her.  Think about it, your time is your most valued and most precious commodity, therefore why not show your daughter how much you care about her by giving her some of that most precious commodity?  Your time. One of the [...]

Saying Thank You

Do you teach your daughter to say “Thank you”? What about the art of writing thank you notes?  I have come to be known as the Thank you note queen.  I tend to write a thank you note for just about anything.  I believe that showing gratitude is important. Showing others that you are grateful [...]

Making Memories

It is getting closer and closer to the holiday season.  Pretty soon we’ll be munching on turkey and wrapping gifts.  What do you and your family do to celebrate and to create lasting memories and traditions.  Do you have certain traditions that you pass on to your children and that have become almost a “way [...]

Dare to Dream

“You can be anything you want to be.”  How many times did I hear that from my parents when I was growing up? My parents were always encouraging me to “reach for the stars”.  They were the type of people who believed in going after what you wanted with gusto.  Back in junior high, when [...]

Connect By Giving

As a mom, you want to connect with your children, you want to be able to relate to them, and for them to relate to you.  A great way to connect especially during the holidays is through giving.  Whether you’re giving to the needy, giving to those near or far, such as to members of [...]

Connect With Your Daughter Through Blogging

There are lots of ways to connect with your daughter.  Did you ever think blogging could be one of those ways? Blogs are truly HOT right now from mom blogs to niche blogs, from cooking blogs to review blogs they are all over the place and you can truly find one on virtually any topic. [...]

The Texting Queen

I have a friend who we affectionately call the “texting queen”.  She loves to text message.  We can be sitting there chatting and her phone is buzzing in her hand.  She can simultaneously text and talk to you at the same time.  The other day she was talking to one of our friends on the [...]

What’s Your Communication Style?

I talk a whole lot about communication in this column.  The thing is I believe that in any and all relationships it is a must.  Communication though is more than just talking.  It can be done in so many different shapes and forms and in this technology driven age there are even more ways to [...]

A Woman’s Duties

Have you ever thought about the duties we have as women?  Duties like housework, grocery buying and cooking? Have you or do you intend to teach your daughter about these duties and help her to learn to do them well?  I think sometimes we take the things that we all do for granted and don’t [...]

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