When my husband, Joseph, and I first moved in together, everyone asked when we would get married. When we got married, everyone asked when w...

 The Boy fresh out the womb - 2006 This is one of my very favorite pictures - it's the first one of me and The Boy. May...

Maybe it was the postpartum.  Maybe it was the fact that I was on maternity leave during the cold months of winter.  Or maybe it was because...

photo courtesy of www.BloggingLily.blogspot.com "Gentle Christmas" is part of the Through the Looking Glass series (guest pos...

We met by chance.  I was a receptionist.  Joseph (The Husband), a Fed Ex courier.  Eleven years ago, he delivered a package.  He's ...

Whenever I come home from work, I stand in the doorway as my mother calls out to The Boy, "Look who's home.  Come and say Hi to Mom...

"I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."   ~ Lewis Carroll Caterpillar : Who... are... y...

I used to be cool (Not really).  But I used to be able to go out, party all night, come home, shower, change and go to work. (Really) There ...

Early this morning, I received a call.   " Did you hear about that new study? " Immediately I recognized the woman's voice....

You don't raise heroes, you raise sons.  And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in yo...

My name is Lisa and I am a Screen Time Junkie.  I  love television: documentaries, trashy reality, sitcoms, dramadies, comedies, soaps.  I w...

I am always amazed when I watch my mother kiss my son goodbye.   Often she will not leave my apartment without several hugs and kisses from ...