“Her, no, she did absolutely nothing, nothing. If she did, the school or I would know.”
– Blanca Saravia 
The above quote comes from a Fort Worth mother whose 15-year-old daughter is accused in court of being the “enforcer” of a teen prostitution ring. This is a mother who honestly believes she would know if her daughter […]

Plans for Gigi’s 5th birthday are coming along nicely. I already have the tickets bought for us to attend the Princesses and Pirates party at Disney’s Magic Kingdom on her actual birthday. That night we are staying at one of the park’s hotels and we have park hopper passes for the next day. I think […]

As a mom, I like to see my daughter dressed fashionably, but neatly. We are just coming up on the years where she has a definite opinion on how she wants to looks and we are working together to make sure we are both happy with how she looks when she goes out of the […]

Do you do it? Dance, of the simple sake of dancing?
I do it a lot less often than I used to. In fact, I do it very seldom at this point in my life. But then, that is one of the myriad of reasons I appreciate having my daughter in my life more than anything […]

Britney Spears. I was never a fan. Perhaps I was just never of the right generation. Or, maybe it is that I never did develop an affinity for pop music. In any event, she was always sort of a mystery to me. I could not see her appeal.
Now that she is a mom, though, I […]

This February, we are going to bust out our girliness in full force!
I was putting it off for a while, but I finally got out the old credit card and purchased my tickets for the Princesses and Pirates Party over at Disney World for February. We attended last year in lieu of a birthday party […]

My dad shipped the family piano down here to Florida and it is sitting in my sister’s living room. Now, both m y daughter and my nephew are asking for piano lessons. My sister and I both took lessons for years on end when we were growing up and I thought it would be nice […]

Two movies just came across our radar yesterday. One was in the theaters and the other we checked out from the library. Though both are for children and fully appropriate as far as content, language and themes, I am going to go ahead and say that they are not appropriate for pre-schoolers. I have different […]

I was just going through my daughter’s DVD collection, sorting out titles, seeing if there is anything we can pass along to younger children, and double-checking before I pass on her wish list for new movies to her grandparents. It made me start to think more about very few appropriate movies and shows are out […]

I’m the first to admit that for me, Christmas is not just about the gifts. I assign a lot of spiritual significance to Christmas, but I think that giving gifts does fall into that mindset. If you are giving selflessly and with joy, it is absolutely in the spirit of all things Christmas.
I’ll also admit […]