Last week I shared part one of this post — some guilty feelings I had and many others have when it comes to volunteering for school fundraising. I promised to help you alleviate some of that guilt this week, so here you go: Here’s a tip: We have to stop being so worried about what other people think and […]
I just saw this small documentary called 20 Feet From Stardom and was blown away. It’s about these women who were backup singers in the 1960s and went on to sing back up for Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Sting, Rod Stewart, Bette Midler and many others. The women on the screen were […]
I don’t know one mom who doesn’t feel guilty or judged about something regarding their kids, school fundraising or volunteering at school. Whether it’s plopping them in front of a television show for 30 minutes (or longer) or missing their first word or that big dance recital. Guilt and judgment go together like peanut butter and jelly. I thought those feelings would […]
Whose job is it to raise money for schools? Some people will say the parents, but a bunch of people will argue that the city and state should. A few weeks ago there was a great Op-Ed piece in The New York Times written by a mom who was fed up with her city and […]
You know, sometimes seeing a silly movie can turn your day around! Today was lousy! I felt like I failed on so many fronts. I felt angry and frustrated and just wanted to feel better. I watched The Internship. A silly movie with Vince Vaughn and it made me smile. I loved the premise of […]
My grandfathers were very different from each other. My father’s father believed in saving your pennies and waiting to buy something you really wanted. My mother’s father, on the other hand would tell me to spend it all – no matter how little or how much I had. Just spend it! It was almost like […]
Do you think school fundraising is limited to elementary schools? Nope. The other day I was talking to a friend of mine whose kids have both left for college. She’s an empty nester (the idea is COMPLETELY foreign to me), and she was telling me that while she did her share of school fundraising when […]
Think back to your first days at your kid’s school. For me, it was so big and overwhelming that I had to be brave just walking up the ramp that first day of Kindergarten. I didn’t know where to go and what to do. I didn’t know a lot of parents – only the […]
Fat Talk – Or Not This morning, my seven year old Charlotte told me that I should lose weight. I don’t use “fat talk,” I do not make nasty remarks about myself or others in regards to weight, we do a balanced plate. Charlotte then proceeded to tell me that a couple girls came up […]
I don’t think I was prepared for how much it would hurt when our dog Watson passed away in March. He died on the anniversary of my Dad’s death so it felt like a double whammy! It was during spring break so the kids were home and everyone was around me. I wasn’t truly alone […]
