Raise your hand if you’re from a family that considered Time a tangible item that was to be used efficiently and wisely.  Dinner at 6pm; chores on Saturday; bedtime at 8pm … our household growing up was based around Time.  My mother would happily tick off her completed list to us at the end of […]

When my nieces were aged 2 and 4, I created a club with them. Each meeting started by dancing to Sister Sledge, “We are Family.”  Snacks were served and we usually held the meeting in some sort of makeshift fort. As they got older, my nieces began to share more deeply during our club meetings.  […]