When my daughter Caroline graduated from college, I was thrilled to have at least one child out of school. But in 2018, she headed back to school. AGAIN. The day she began graduate school, I had a lot of conflicting emotions:Nostalgia: how can this be? Seems like only yesterday I was sending her off to first [...]
Seriously: I. Was. Not. Okay. It was 96-degrees the day we moved our twins into their dorm rooms, but my heart felt like a block of ice. Back and forth to the car I trudged, as if it were the end of the world. My boys were leaving home. Leaving the nest. Leaving me. As [...]
Starting school each year is a big step for children—so, it’s also a big step for parents (and grandparents). Of course, you want this school year to be awesome. You want your kids to thrive, grow and be happy, but what if they struggle with difficult classes, or overly-demanding teachers or peer pressure? And if that's [...]