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In general, I do not love watching sports. I’m not someone who follows professional or collegiate sports, or ever attends a sporting event that my kids aren’t playing in. What I do enjoy is watching m...

It’s been a week of tough conversations. Conversations I’d rather never have to have with my kids, but conversations that have to be had. Conversations that deep down inside I want to believe that my ...

When I was in middle school, we had to do a report for health class. It could be on any topic we were interested in, if it was health related. I chose to do my report on “childhood diseases.” Pertussi...

Adjusting to life with half our family has been a challenge. Also going from a 50/50 split of estrogen and testosterone to 100% estrogen has been an interesting transition. The most obvious changes ar...

Another milestone is behind us. I took the third and final child to get her permit last week. Before that adventure unfolds, I have to give a shout out to the folks at the Lehighton DMV. What a crew!...

I confess, I have been caught up in the drama that is Oreogate. Just in case you haven’t been, a quick recap: allegedly, a parent group chat blew up when one parent requested that no one else send Ore...

Having been through two college orientations now, as well as countless college visits where they’ve tried to sell themselves to my kids, one thing is extremely different than it was 35 years ago when ...

Dropping the second kid off at college is whole different experience than the first time around. It’s not just knowing that there aren’t really 857 dorm “essentials” that I have to have, it’s the fact...

Things I’ve learned this summer: • There will always be some form of poultry living in a part of my house where I didn’t expect poultry to be. The first round of ducklings was planned for; the second...

E’s got big plans. She’s completely redoing the bathroom that she and G have shared since we moved back to the farm, “as soon as G moves out.” She is planning to take over his bedroom and turn it int...