THIS COVID-19 DIARY FOR MY KIDS… AND THEIR KIDS. It’s been a week and we are changed. Last Friday (Friday March 13, of all dates?!?) all of us local parents were notified that school would be ‘on pause’ for the next 2 weeks… to make our community safer and less of a breeding ground for…
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When childhood memories don’t mix with (our) kids.
The following post also published in The Fresno Bee on March 8, 2020. My kids are now at an age I clearly remember being… days on my elementary school’s playground (Manchester GATE!), dance rehearsals (Danceworks Unlimited!), vacations with close friends from church (Tahoe and Pismo!). My memories are still so clear it almost scares me…
My Birthday: It came, It went.
A previous version of this post was published in The Fresno Bee on February 7, 2020. My birthday. (Like, almost two weeks ago now.) When I first noticed my 2020 birthday would land on a weekend, my mind went into overdrive. “I’ve got to have a party! I’ve got to go big! I’ve got to…
Holy Mother: Jennifer Lopez, Shakira & that Super Bowl performance.
Too hot for TV? Too sensitive to watch? Too much for family Super Bowl entertainment? Yes, yes, yes. Welcome to showbiz, kids. Yes, I’m going talk Jennifer Lopez and Shakira a la what they shook at us for Super Bowl 2020 because the internets are going wild, because I’ve read everything, because I watched the…
2020: Small Choices, Big Results.
A previous version of the following piece was originally published in The Fresno Bee on January 4, 2020. Hello 2020! I tend to start each new year with new goals for self care, a personal mental checklist if you will. Call it a habit of analyzing what the previous year brought, what it didn’t bring,…
Holiday Gifts & The Shops at Montebello: Want, Need, Wear & Read!
The following is sponsored by The Shops at Montebello and Guinness World Records 2020. My big rule for Christmas gifts? Something you want, something you need, something to wear, something to read. See? DONE. Just like that. And they say the holidays are like, stressful?? Ha. WATCH what simple shopping fun happened alongside one of…
Grandma is in Heaven: Teaching Kids to Live with Loss.
Living with loss. Hard for adults. Sometimes necessary for kids. This last weekend my sister brought her daughters to spend some extra time together during this now-somber annual time for our families. We were talking in my kitchen and noticed an ambulance drive by my house, lights on but no siren. Then a fire truck…
