By Lon Loveless | Contributor Parents often assume different roles, and especially in situations where job flexibility or work travel is required, consistent involvement by both parents may be challenging. Often the primary financial breadwinners are unable to assist as much as they might like in traditional “homemaker” activities including…
By Deborah W. Dobbs | Contributor You’ve probably heard this or seen at least one of a thousand memes about it: to love others, you must first love yourself. While it sounds like sage advice, I don’t agree with it. Not one bit. I’ve witnessed a tremendous amount of love…
By Alicia Wanek I’m proud to say that my twin daughters have made their college decisions, were accepted into the universities they wanted to attend, have each gotten some scholarship funds, and will be starting their freshman year in the fall. The road to get to this point, however, has…
By Dr. Dean Beckloff | Contributor “Fathers be good to your daughters, daughters will love like you do.” –John Mayer Several years ago, the song “Daughters” by John Mayer was a hit. It hooked us, perhaps because the simple words proclaimed that fathers have…
By Barbara Glass “I never saw this coming. Of course, I was happy for my children’s success but did not expect to be so depressed once they actually left home,” says my friend Dorothy. She recently moved the youngest of her three children to a college apartment. The drive home…
By Deborah W. Dobbs | Contributor How do personality types affect our relationships with our children? We don’t have to dig in to all 16 Myers-Briggs personality types or complete a DISC assessment to explore this. We can focus on introversion/extroversion and note significant influences on parenting styles. These aspects…
By Alicia Wanek Whether you refer to him or her as your hairstylist, your hairdresser, or your coiffeur, often it’s a committed relationship that has survived a lot of ups and downs. Considering that every month or two this is a person who gives you undivided attention for at least…
By Alicia Wanek When Don M. woke up one morning to start his day, he quickly realized something wasn’t quite right. “I went to go make coffee and didn’t know what I was doing. I just couldn’t make the coffee. I told my wife we needed to go to the…
By Sheryl Lilly Pidgeon | Publisher and Editor-In-Chief I’m often asked why I started this magazine. It’s not a short answer, as proven at a recent meeting with a prospective advertiser that ended up with us becoming fast friends over a 4-hour talk-a-thon. We shared our complicated childhoods, our optimistic mindset,…