Sitting across from me at our favorite Thai restaurant, staring at the baby blue pacifier I had arranged for the waiter to hide in his green tea ice cream, his face was almost the same shade of green. “Whaaat?” he said in a low, shaky voice. My heart sank. It wasn’t the voice I was hoping […]
Author: Susan
What Losing My Wedding Ring Made Me Realize About My Daughter
Currently featured on The Huffington Post… What Losing My Wedding Ring Made Me Realize About My Daughter I lost my wedding ring a few weeks ago. After 11 years of careful handling and protection, just like that … it’s gone. While I’ve been tearing the house apart, and racked with guilt, my husband has […]
The First Time We Gave Our Baby Sugar
I’ve been so busy writing blog posts for other sites, I haven’t had much time to add to my own. But that’s ok — I’m killing two birds with one stone (though I really hate that expression). Here’s the latest post I wrote for Happy Family Organic Food Brands … http://happyfamilybrands.com/blog/the-first-time-we-gave-our-baby-sugar/ It was her first birthday. […]
The One Thing I’m Definitely Passing On to My Kids This Year
Here’s another one featured on The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-fishman/the-one-thing-im-definitely-passing-on-to-my-kids-this-year_b_6400352.html?utm_hp_ref=parents-moms As parents, on a good day, we try to model positive behaviors, core values, a strong work ethic. We know the kids are watching. But there are those days when I seriously wonder, once they’re grown and out of the house, is it […]
A Christmas Letter From This Burnt-Out Mom to Her Single Mother of 6
Maybe the joy of the season and the love for your kids filled your heart to the point that you’ve now forgotten the juggling and the exhaustion and the overall monumental holiday undertaking. But I want you to know that I haven’t …
Needing a Sick Day … or Two
The up side of staying home with a sick kid …
Big Life Lessons in a Little Shoebox: Watching Operation Christmas Child in Action
So we’re just now getting geared up for “Operation Christmas Child” — even though we went shopping for our gifts back in early November (that’s the holidays for ya). If you haven’t yet heard of this phenomenon by Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child is an outreach program that packages and ships shoeboxes filled with toys, […]
If You Dip It, They Will Come
When all else fails, turn to the dip. That’s what my Registered Dietitian of a neighbor preaches when I moan and groan about my kids’ fruit-deprived diet. Fruit dips? Really? Is this what we’ve come to? My kids’ idea of a fruit dip is powdered sugar, chocolate or caramel sauce, but apparently these are not […]
“Just a spoonful of honeeey helps the … allergy symptoms go away?”
It would be nice, and tasty, if this were true, and I for one was really hoping this rumored natural remedy for seasonal allergies would provide at least a little relief for my husband, my son and me. But the theory, it appears, is false. Experts will tell you that it’s generally the pollen from […]
“Dear Children, Do Not Tiptoe!”
In our Fresh Harvest basket this week (the local produce we receive from the FH Georgia farm), the very cool Fresh Harvesters Philip and Zac included a quote that really spoke to me. Thought I’d share: “All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do […]
