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 this day with candlelight vigils, spiritual services, red+blue+orange flag-filled marches for justice and yell “Never…
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COVID-19, Week Three: Is something wrong if nothing feels wrong?
THIS COVID-19 DIARY FOR MY KIDS… AND THEIR KIDS. Read our illustrious Week One HERE (complete with a can-do attitude & God-Is-Watching-Us hope). Our Week Two can be found HERE (chock-full of rationing & rage for most everyone on Facebook to shut-up). Today is Palm Sunday. And I feel fine. Besides ushering in an official…
COVID-19, Week Two: Rationing, Resting & (UN)Reasonable Behavior.
THIS COVID-19 DIARY FOR MY KIDS… AND THEIR KIDS. Read our illustrious Week One HERE, complete with a can-do attitude laced with God-Is-Watching-Us wisdom. Last week was ‘come together and conquer the world.’ This week was ‘everybody please shut-up and stop being stupid.’ (In addition to conquering the world…) Am I ashamed of my rising…
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…
Sit down. Quiet down. Rise UP (yes, us parents).
A previous version of this article was published in The Fresno Bee on October 5, 2019. Students, discipline and why us parents need to step up more than ever… kindly stop reading now if you don’t enjoy truth in accountability. Several weeks ago, I had a field day on Facebook with Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent…
Family trips: Don’t bite off more than we can chew.
A previous version of this post was published in TheFABMom’s monthly commentary column in The Fresno Bee on Saturday, July 13, 2019. I’m convinced that easy family trips hinge on one simple parenting rule — don’t bite off more than we can chew. This goes for how many children we may decide to have, how…
Best lesson from Mom? Handle it.
A previous version of this piece was first published on TODAY Show’s Parenting Team in 2015. I’m sharing here now, years later, because it’s still one of my favorite pieces I’ve ever written about my mom… xo ———————————————- The other day my adorable almost-5 year old wandered into the kitchen (as I was writing a…
