11 Things You Need to Know to Survive and Thrive in Your Teen Years
The teenage years are for most people one big tumultuous hormonal roller coaster ride. Yikes! Add to that an enormous pressure to figure...
When Parenting Kicks Your Butt
One of my Facebook friends recently lamented that parenting was kicking her butt lately. If you're a parent, I'm sure you can empathize....
Why Swimming is My Jam
When I swim, I'm 16 again. Well, not really, but I feel like it. My mother taught me to swim when I was 3, and I loved it from Day 1....
The Art of Mastery
Learn the Art of Mastery and you will learn the art of extraordinary living. If you can become a master at one thing, you can use that...
Managing Your Kids' Band - Pt 1
When my 15 year old daughter Christina announced she wanted to start a band, I never dreamed we would be touring the world a few years...
8 Reasons to Homeschool
I was pregnant with my first child in 1988, and I had never heard of homeschooling. One day when I was in my 9th month of pregnancy and...
What Makes an Extraordinary Life?
extraordinary |ikˈstrôrd(ə)nˌerēˌekstrəˈôrdnˌerē| adjective very unusual or remarkable I never thought of myself as particularly...
In the Beginning....
...there was just Mike and me. We met in college in the early 80's and immediately became good friends. We had noticed each other on...