Mother’s Fighting Depression

Yesterday, in my miserable, sorry assed state, I reflected upon how I had been running my life lately. My biggest struggle in all of our financial adjustments has been cutting out extra-curricular activities for the boys. What I realized is that I have to develop my new role as mom/camp counselor or it is...

The Middle Child Syndrome

On November 4th, 2001 my little Scorpio, Axel Grey, was born. He was not only named after Axel Rose from Guns and Roses but also after Axel Merckx the famous Belgian bike racer. Up until I was on the birthing table, in the midst of labor, I questioned Wade and his decision on Axel’s name. He was...

Teaching Your Children Table Manners

I stopped taking my kids to restaurants for a while after our traumatic experience when fine dining in Florida. My mother and I took the boys out to a little French restaurant at six pm. After a day of organizing beach activities we were ready to treat ourselves to a nice meal and be waited upon by a well...