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 for their actions or their gifts is important.  So, teaching your daughter to share their thankfulness with those who are kind to them whether by {Read More}

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 of life” for your family?  I believe traditions are important.  They don’t have to be elaborate or complicated to be meaningful, but they do stick {Read More}

“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 I wanted to make the cheerleading squad and did not, I remember my dad saying, “you can practice harder and make it next year.”  Giving {Read More}

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 land line phone and texting me about what they were talking about.  Crazy huh?  But this tells alot about her communication style.  She loves to {Read More}

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 communicate.  So, I’m wondering, how do you communicate with your daughter.  Simply by talking, or maybe through texting, facebooking, online instant messenging, or other ways?  {Read More}