Love Notes and Penguins and Pink

I'm spending way too much time looking for a place to send fan mail to Karan Brar - the actor who played Ravi on Disney's Jessie and Bunk'd because my boy is in love with him. Ravi is smart, kind, funny, weird, adorable. He's very similar to my kid and we just adore him.  We …

Look for the similarities

For as long as I can remember, I've been reminded to look for the similarities. When I first walked into a 12-step meeting almost 20 years ago, that was one of the first signs I saw on the wall. What it meant in the context of recovery is that we need to focus on what …

The Shift to Six Years Old

There's a shift in your child's life where you become more of an observer than a hands on involved every second spent hovering parent. It's not that you're not absolutely there and involved, it's just that they aren't as needy as they were and while it's a natural progression for all of us, it takes …