I’ve discovered that you can learn a lot about yourself by observing the behaviors of your children… especially when they’re role-playing. Lately the girls like to get their phones out and have {pretend} conversations with various people. Sometimes I’m surprised by the tone they use. It sounds kind of hateful, and I can’t imagine where…
Apparently pregnancy puts some incredible demands on the body, one of those being on the number of red blood cells it requires. And, a body needs a lot of iron to make a lot of red blood cells. So, pregnancy-induced anemia is quite common. In fact, I think the actual statistic is that “one in…
Whenever I had a cold growing up, my dad used to always say, “Well, I can put you on some medicine for that and you’ll probably feel better in 7 days, or you can let it run its course and you’ll be well in a week.” I found his refusal to treat the common cold…
Last week we got letters in the mail telling us which class the girls would be in for preschool this year, and neither of them have stopped talking about it since. They are beyond excited to learn their new teachers’ names and discuss what their rooms will look like, what they’ll pack in their lunches,…