It’s that time of year again, everyone is in the depths of transition, organization mishaps are glowing all around you, emotions are high, your goals to “not yell” are not always kept, sleep is behind but hopefully getting back into an earlier rhythm and everyone is tired and a bit tense from…

Setting: It’s spring break, the kids are home, and this year there are no travel plans or big events on the horizon.  Just the whole family home for one happy, less-busy week.  Or so you thought… “Justin, pick up your clothes and make your bed.”   “I did, Mom” “Really? So why am…

Any true child of the 80s knows this line “If you build it, they will come.” Kevin Costner builds a baseball field in the middle of nowhere because of the voice prompting him that, “They will come.” Well, I’ve had my own “If you build it” kind of experience this year. To…