Photo by Jawed Kayim from Wikimedia She enters the room every day. Most days, she sits down and writes. Some days, when there is more activity in the house, she perches on the edge of the chair, pushes around a thing or two, and then gets up and leaves, returning after dark, … [Read more...]
Try Giving Memories Instead of Things – Slideshows by Bari
A slideshow of memories makes a lasting, meaningful gift Do the people in your life really need that box of cheap plastic crap that you can get on sale today for $4.99? Do you really want them to open a gift that they are going to forget the moment you walk out the … [Read more...]
Kids Can Give Back With Charity Checks
I want to model giving back for my children. I have done this with my work for Help a Mother Out, a group that gets diapers to needy families. I do it with my volunteering at their school, and we do it together when we prepare donations of our gently used goods to local … [Read more...]
AHM Recommends: Eppa Sangria
with Melanie Wynne and Candice Kahn Last week I attended an intimate party hosted by Romy Schorr of Romy Raves (disclosure, she is a dear friend, so I get to benefit from all the fabulous things she does) in honor of Eppa's red and white sangrias. with Romy Schorr I've written … [Read more...]
On Being a Stay at Home Mom
I was thinking of posting a "flashback Friday" picture today, something from back when we first moved to Agoura Hills, and the blooms were still on the rose bushes, so to speak. I'm still so grateful to live here. I still look out my office window every morning over the rooftop … [Read more...]
Being a Stay-at-Home Mom Is a Luxury…For Your Kids (A Dad’s Response)
Luxury? Ha! The working spouse is hardly putting his feet up, watching the game and drinking a beer with his buddies. Neither is the stay-at-home parent. The only luxury of having a stay-at-home-mom is felt by the children. And that's how it should be. One dad responds to the … [Read more...]