Tag: elementary age
Engaging My Reluctant Reader
If you’ve ever parented a reluctant reader, you know the drill. The groans when you hand over a book. The squirming during “just one...
Seven (A Letter to My Daughter on Her Birthday)
How did we get to seven already? I swear you were just lying in the hospital bassinet, swaddled in a pink blanket with a...
Five Things I’ve Learned as a First-Time T-Ball Mom
When I played park rec softball in elementary school, we showed up for games in our uniforms, carrying our gloves. We all shared the...
Soaking Up the Sweet Spot (Before They’re Over Me)
As all parents know, every age and phase comes with ups and downs. There’s no perfect age, and I find myself nostalgic for the...