They happen on a Monday morning when it’s humid and threatening to rain and doesn’t smell like fall and everything is grey except the overflowing bowl of grape tomatoes your husband has brought in from your garden. They happen getting the dog from Day Camp, because the day is still grey and it’s not a fun drive – busy and… View Post

It is 2,475 degrees outside but the other day on a walk with Corby, the wind blew, and the leaves on the ground made that scratching noise they do when autumn is on its way, and I admit I’m one to push boundaries so it probably comes as no surprise when I write that suddenly I wanted to sharpen all… View Post

Understanding how to get into the parking lot is the foundation of your high school parenting experience. For some parents, those of you won’t read the communications sent out with maps attached very clearly showing entrances and exits, you’re going to want to allow yourself some practice runs lest you embarrass your high schooler entering an exit, and/or attempting a… View Post

I learned recently that when you’re a fledgling, you learn to fly from the ground, in a hidden spot, and not from the nest you were hatched in. What happens is you hop and you hop, and you might make it to a tree’s lower branches, or onto the sturdy part of a hedge. You’ll fall a lot. I always… View Post

Callie Rebekah Lewis 14yrs old: Song: Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” Movie: “Say Anything,” Overboard,” “To Kill A Mockingbird” Book: No reading unless it is a note from my friends. Food: Pizza – no cheese Sport: Floor hockey, gymnastics, dance Team: College – University of Illinois, because that’s where my mom went to school. Professional: Bulls, Bears, Cubs Grow… View Post