For most of my childhood, I watched as addiction ruined my dad’s life.  He drank and he used drugs; it was obvious to me even as a small child. My mom did her best to hold the family together, trying to appear as the typical family next door.  However, when it started to turn violent, [...]

Wild college parties are a thing of the past but the memories of those parties still linger on well past the time when we could keep up with our former selves. Staying up late used to mean watching the sun come up but now it means that one of our children is sick and requiring [...]

When my husband and I were planning our wedding, I realized I had no idea of when we should send out our wedding invitations.  Now my sister is planning her wedding, and I realize that I was not alone — a lot of people don’t know when you are supposed to send out invitations.
Wedding invitations [...]

Applying tanning lotion can be a difficult task for most people. While most lotions make applying a tan pretty easy, there are still some things that people need to take into consideration when they are applying the lotion. The goal is to have a natural looking, streak free tan and here is how you can [...]

You definitely realize what your parents went through when you were a child once you have your own. I see why they didn’t like the fighting, the nagging, arguing, and all those other things because it just about drives you nuts.
 
I was able to experience something interesting as a parent recently and I thought that I [...]