Mary Beth Evans Library

A Matter of Respect Thursday, October 7th, 2010 I’m never one who wants to beat a dead horse, but I must continue on my child rearing observations and tidbits.  The other morning I was at a friend’s house and there was crazy screaming and yelling coming from somewhere outside. After determining it was coming from [...]

The Power of Kindness Thursday, September 16th, 2010 I’m not sure where to start with this. I suppose my childhood would be a good place. Because my mother was from the south, “yes ma’am” and “sir” were a must. If my mother called for us, we had to come front and center with, ”Ma’am”? Respect [...]

Big Transitions  Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 As the end of the summer has come, so have some big transitions.  Friends of my youngest son (17) are headed off to college.  His very best friend his entire life is also named Matthew and is the son of one of my closest friends.  He is a year [...]

My Baby Update Thursday, August 26th, 2010 As I previously blogged about, my oldest son Danny went to Korea to teach English (the subject) for a year.  He knew no one and went alone.  As usual he had to completely drive me insane this summer before he left.  Maybe we will chock it up to [...]

Parenting Reflection Thursday, June 24th, 2010 As a parent we realize we have to change with the times, go with the flow of our children growing up. How often do you meet people with older kids and think, oh my God I couldn’t handle that? Well I guess, luckily, we grow as they grow (or [...]

Nurturing Bonds to Last a Lifetime Thursday, January 21st, 2010 This afternoon I went to lunch for one of my oldest friends birthday. There are 3 of us that have been friends since we were in high school.  Luckily we all live extremely close to each other, one even lives on my street.  We didn’t [...]

Parenting Payoff  Thursday, January 14th, 2010 A funny thing has happened over my children’s holiday break this year – I think my son Danny has started to grow up (finally).  I might be premature declaring this, but why not he is 22 years old.  I must go back and give you a bit of history [...]

Parents Weekend Thursday, November 12th, 2009 My husband and I recently went to parents weekend at our two college children’s schools.  The first time we went to see our older son Danny when he was a freshman it was odd. We all got so choked up like we had left him at camp or something.  [...]