Family

Many of us spend much of our weekdays wishing for the weekend. It makes sense; weekdays involve work, monotony and obligations while weekends often bring relaxation, excitement and novelty. However, I recently realized the downside of this habit while driving my children to school. Each morning, our commute consisted of complaints and laments from the […]

While summer is a welcome and much-needed respite from school, it’s also the best time to provide academic support for your child, who may have faced learning difficulties this school year. Children learn in different ways and at varying paces. What might be easy for one child may be more difficult for another. The biggest […]

By Kathryn Teck We live on a big planet filled with various cultures, languages and people — each one unique. Most of us remain within a small part of that planet and stay within our culture, where we all speak the same language and encounter the same people. Some of us never venture outside of […]

Several years ago, before dementia kicked in (or before we realized it was kicking in), daddy damaged his phone. He’d kept it in his pocket during his workouts. Although it was a rugged flip phone, it did not survive the sweat damage that occurred over time. We tried but could not revive the phone, nor […]

*This column originally was published on Gulf Coast Mom By Katie Presley Explaining what it is like to send one’s firstborn child off to college is almost impossible. This milestone gives rise to many conflicting emotions. On one hand, I was immensely proud of my son and knew he was ready to fly, so to […]