Some of you may remember April 4, 2011 as the night that the UConn Husky men’s basketball team beat the underdog Butler Bulldogs to win the NCAA tournament. Perhaps you were blissfully unaware of the hurricane that started turning that very same day. He was named Zachary Collin and made landfall at 9:23am. At 9 lbs 2 oz, he was
Tag: middle child
Lately I’ve been thinking about my middle daughter. Stuck between a medically complicated older sister and a very spoiled (but very sweet) baby sister, I’ve recently begun to wonder if she is struggling with typical middle child issues. Since the baby in our family did not come along until she was six, my middle was “the
At the beginning of this year I made a promise to myself to take each of my kids on a one on one “date” every month. A date doesn’t have to be planned or elaborate, just time enough to reconnect and rebalance letting each other know that: I am here and I love you. Life was happening
