The New Year offers us both a time to reflect and a time to set out our intentions for the year ahead. As adults we do this, but it’s great to get your kids in the habit of doing the same. At the end of 2008 we decided that we wanted to buy a house…

The other morning I was in the kitchen putting the dishes away when Caidin came in. He had his Wisdom Cards in his hand and he said, ‘I haven’t used these in a while. I pulled two cards: Speaking and Create.’ Inside I was so happy that he had turned to the cards without my…

I mentioned it a few weeks ago, but I’ll say it again, Caidin is going through a challenging growth period. This isn’t a physical one; it’s one that has elements of spiritual awareness, emotional growth, mental awareness and add to now his need to find some way to understand the killings in Connecticut. The unique…

I am still reeling from the Sandy Hook tragedy, as I know many are. I am sad and I am angry. 20 beautiful lights are lost and it is unfathomable. It has touched us all – young and old; Republican and Conservative, and from near and far. Let not the lives of these beautiful children…

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