You know the saying, “Oh, she has a mind of her own.” This is rarely said as a compliment, but rather it means someone has a streak of strong will or determination to do things her own way. I know this because I have said it about all three of my daughters {particularly the youngest…
“You’re ruining my life!” These are the words my 7-year-old angrily spouted out at me this morning when I told her she couldn’t wear plastic high heels to her day camp. With one last stubborn click-clack on the garage floor she slid the heels off, stuffed them in her backpack, and reluctantly put on a…
Our wedding anniversary is June 18th, which happens to fall just before or very near Father’s Day every year. These two occasions are forever linked in my mind because when we were married, the day following our wedding would be the last Father’s Day I celebrated with my dad. I don’t remember buying him a…
