I’d imagine one of the advantages to being an actress is having an endless list of movies or television shows that you once starred in, to eventually show your kids. Can you imagine? And here's mommy as a princess and here's mommy flying a plane. Oh and here's mommy taking down a multi-national drug … [Read more...]
Parents, We All Have Something To Lose
"Mommy, I had a bad dream!" my little boy whined, climbing into my big bed and grabbing a pillow. I pulled him close to cuddle me and I asked him to tell me all about it. He hesitated at first. Then slowly, the story came out. He had a bad dream about a burglar coming in and shooting us. "I don't … [Read more...]
Photo Series Puts The Boogeyman In His Place
Under bed and closet checks are par for the course in most homes at one point or another. Our little ones are often afraid of all the things that go bump in the night. But French photographer Laure Fauvel is turning the tables on the monsters that haunt our kids’ dreams. In an awesome series of … [Read more...]
AUTISM – first piece of the puzzle
An hour after putting Zachary to bed I heard a scream. My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach as I ran up the stairs to his room. The scream that had escaped from my 18 month olds throat was like nothing I had heard before despite having as many children as I did.Opon entering his … [Read more...]
When 8 Year Olds Can’t Sleep
Tonight I have had enough. 8 years of broken sleep, musical beds, and soothing him to sleep. My sweet, sensitive, anxious young man and the battle of bedtime. My 5 year old goes to sleep on her own and sleeps soundly through most nights but not her big brother. And not that I don't appreciate your … [Read more...]