One of the challenges of being a swimmer is that swimming is not a seasonal sport. It’s a year-round, full-time commitment once you really decide to commit. The year is broken into two main seasons (in the Northeast, anyway). September through March is known as short course season. That’s because all meets are held in […]
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Don’t Wait For Your Family To Give You A Mother’s Day Gift
On Mother’s Day, Facebook is flooded with articles of What Moms Really Want For Mother’s Day. For most of us, it’s nothing major. It’s a day where we don’t have to take care of anyone else. Where we can sleep and have some alone time. An opportunity to recharge. But for many of us, it’s […]
10 Road Trip Hacks For Traveling With Kids
Last week I took a solo road trip with five of the kids to Hershey, Pennsylvania, and I’m getting ready to embark on another one to North Carolina. The trip to Hershey was only 235 miles. The trip to North Carolina is three times as long. Just under 700 miles . If we didn’t ever […]
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I’m running the NYC Marathon in 40 days. I have a friend who is also running it, and her son is in the same class as Number 3. Last week after Number 3’s Open House, we were talking. My friend asked me what I was doing the night before the race. When was I going […]