I'm very excited to be partnering with the good folks over at Puritan's Pride in accepting their One Small Change challenge: to make one very personal (yet simple) change toward healthier living and then committing myself to remain accountable by posting my progress in a three-part blog series, throughout the month. In my first post (Step #1 - The Brain Dump), I started by cleaning out the most cluttered area in the house, my head: because I'm constantly reminding my kids to make time to do things that quiet the mind and...NO!!!...I have never been very good at taking my... Read more →

This week's #tbt post on Instagram & Facebook: This "almost" Full House, Fall 2000 This picture reminds me of just HOW much I love October: warm days, cool nights and I swear you could almost hear my son belly-laughing, after dumping leaves on Heather's head, right?!? Even today, his middle sister still bears the brunt of Glen's punking and I suspect it's because the reaction he receives is almost always still the same: Scrunches nose Purses upper lip Hands on hips Mom reminds Glen to "RUN, BOY, RUN!!!!" We had just bought that swing set. I remembered growing up with... Read more →

Now that it's October, the beginning of cold and flu season (a.k.a. creeping crud) here in Jersey, I'm very excited to be partnering with the good folks over at Puritans Pride in accepting their One Small Change challenge: to make one very personal (yet simple) change toward healthier living and then committing myself to remain accountable by posting my progress in a three-part blog series, throughout the month. Okay, that's great, but why?!? That's a very fair question and I am MORE than happy to tell you EXACTLY why, thanks: because I'm hoping to help encourage other folks to slow... Read more →