Weekly Newsletter

The Mom Weekly Volume 14: October 24 ​ ​ Birthdays are great!​​ This year is a relatively big birthday for me, and I want to say again how much I love birthdays. I really can’t think of a time that I didn’t like my birthday. But it’s probably only been since I turned 40 that […]

The Mom Weekly Volume 13: October 17, 2023 photo from: George Washington’s Mount Vernon Something kind of hilarious but also kind of sweet happened when we were at the wedding in Baltimore last weekend.  Friday night, there was an evening gathering for out of town guests at a bar, and Dad & I decided to […]

The Mom Weekly, Volume 12: October 10, 2023 I find myself without words as I read the news regarding the terrorist attacks on Israel,which is horrifying. I also am embarrassed at how much I do not know about conflicts in the Middle East. All I keep do is praying and thinking, “Pray for the peace of […]

The Mom Weekly, Volume 11: October 3, 2023 “That person has invincible ignorance.” This was my statement recently after a highly challenging conversation with a younger person (not a relative) that I know well. I don’t want to go into too many specifics, because it’s not my story to tell.  But suffice to say: any […]

The Mom Weekly Volume 10: September 26, 2023 I know that I talk a lot about the good money decisions Dad & I have made over the years. But honestly, a lot of those were due to our general frugality and saver mentality, more than any intentional “good decisions.”  But since about 2013, I’ve turned […]