Motivating parenting lifestyle mom blog by TV host, author & digital influencer Jill Simonian.
The following post was previously published in The Fresno Bee on Saturday, September 12, 2020. “We have to get out of here today,” my sister buzzed around in her Bass Lake cabin kitchen while our kids played and dogs ran around outside. It was around 8:30am. Her husband was already making neighborhood rounds to help a 90+…
Our first week of 'distance-learning' school here is done. Completed. I'm shamelessly glad it's over. I'm beyond proud of my little ladies who are handling it. I'm equally relieved and irate. Confused? Stay with me. If you didn't see my impromptu ...
A previous version of this post was published in The Fresno Bee on Sunday August 9, 2020. It's been a summer all right. Haven't posted here in about a month (more!) thanks to most folks losing their brains and all previously-functioning reasoning ...
A previous version of this post was published on June 5, 2020 in The Fresno Bee. Time to parent in real life & shut up on social media? YUP. Recent current events are proving to be too much -- mentally, emotionally, physically. Los Angeles ...
How to have a fabulous, productive and winning day with kids at home doing distance-learning? It ain't easy, but these to-do's have helped us here like magic (as seen on Fox 11 Los Angeles' Good Day LA): 1) YES TO SCHEDULE! Schedules create ...
A previous version of this post was published in The Fresno Bee on Sunday, May 2, 2020. Seven weeks of distance learning: DONE! We've been doing inexplicably well at our house thanks to a daily 10am 'school start time' that kicks off with the ...
Today marks 105 years recognizing (and mourning) the Armenian Genocide. A total of one and a half million men, women & children killed in Armenia during the years surrounding 1915. Every year, Armenians in every city around the world recognize ...
