Yesterday I declared that this upcoming mom calendar year (which runs from September to August ) was going to be The Year of NO for me. Until I can regroup and recharge and re…. everything, I am not taking on any new projects, new ventures or new anything. I am going to strip my life down to only […]
Archives for July 2016
The Year of No
In a little more than a month, for the first time in eleven years, all the kids will be in school five days a week. It is a moment I have been both dreading and looking forward to for quite some time now. For the last four thousand days, for every waking hour of the day, my […]
You Are Not The Only Mom
It’s about the halfway point of summer vacation here in CT. But if you are anything like me, you are way more than halfway to your breaking point, and you are starting to count down the days until school begins. You don’t really want summer to be over. Not the good parts of it. But boy do […]
5 Things You Can Do To Help Your Child Become a Stronger Swimmer
Number 7 recently swam in her first swim meet. At four years old, she swims all four strokes legally, which, at that age, is pretty unusual. And so we officially have 5 kids ranging in age from 4 to 11 on the swim team. I’ve been coaching swimming in some capacity since I was a junior […]
Your Kid Is Probably Not In The Top .05%
Your kid is destined for greatness. Your kid is different. And every second of his or her eight or nine or ten-year-old season is determining his or her success starting…. yesterday. One misstep by a coach, one bad call, one wrong move, one unforced error, one bad event, one missed opportunity, and your kid is now […]
Should I take it?
Yesterday morning I had a conversation with a mom who I have met briefly before but who I don’t really know at all. I had never really said more than just hello to her. She is an elementary school teacher who has six kids, and when we realized how much we had in common and we […]