The first meeting of the Family Readiness Group for our son’s troop is coming up. Better known as FRG (military love acronyms), or for me, FRoG, this is a support group for the families of deployed soldiers. Tell the truth, Read more
Last Thursday, my middle “child” turned into an adult. It was Luke’s 18th birthday and, just like every young person who turns 18 in our culture, he informed me that he is now an adult. Well, guess again, my son. Read more
I have never felt so old in my whole life. Considering I’m a minute older than I was a minute ago, that makes perfect sense. But figuratively speaking, I’m pretty sure I’m now looking at the crest of the hill Read more
That’s what my parents used to say. Huh. And that’s what I tell my kids, too. So, I suppose I shouldn’t pick on the US Army to use video games to recruit new soldiers. Because, really, I haven’t any better Read more
At least the Detroit public schools, have gotten their heads out of the clouds. They’re not worried about providing cappuccino to their staff and students like the Chicago Public Schools. Rather, they’d just like the tikes to be able to Read more