Single Parenting, The Realities

The popular image of a single mom is one that is a hard and depressing one, stressed out, sad lonely and desperately wanting a partner.  Yet there is another side to the coin, the single parents that are very happy with the path.  They’ve chosen it for a variety of reasons, and live it every [...]

Pixar Grants Dying Wish

It’s a heartwarming story, with a surprising hero in that of Pixar, the animation studio. While most companies are given a rather bad rap (at time deservedly so), Pixar made Colby Curtin’s one final wish come true. All she wanted was to see ‘Up’ before she died.

Jon And Kate: More Than ‘Just TV’

  As someone who doesn’t watch the televised drama of most ‘reality’ shows and can’t stomach much in the way of ‘celebrity gossip’ I’m painfully unaware of most of the issues with anyone ‘A-List’.  However, I do enjoy the occasional peek into the lives of Jon and Kate, alone some of the other ‘odd’ family shows. Alongside the marital [...]

The Sorta-Super Parent

Dave Barry has said (and it has become a favorite quote of mine) “Raising kids is easy, as long as that’s all you are doing”. Which while being brutally paraphrased by me, is still quite true.  It’s a bit like stacking blocks, add in too many and the whole thing becomes unstable.  Take any away [...]

Mike Tyson’s Tragedy Highlights Safety Issues

  Sadly, Mike Tyson lost his 4 year old daughter Exodus yesterday to the tragic accident with a cord on a treadmill.