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Most of us can agree that one of the best parts about growing up when we did was how the holidays played out, including ...

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Instead, say: “I know you want to see all of your friends from home, but is there a time we can set up a family dinner?” When college students are home from school, they will be eager to catch up with ...

It’s been a long four months away. My firstborn is home tonight from his first semester at college, and I can’t stop smiling. I sing a song as I gather up the dinner dishes in the sink, and I hear the ...

Your empty (or if you still have a child at home) nest is about to be re-feathered. As you’re preparing for Thanksgiving —shopping for dinner, re-stocking the fridge with the foods you haven’t bought ...

My firstborn wanted to go far away for college. She didn’t come home often during her four years on the opposite side of the country. Once she left, I quickly became one of “those moms” who listened ...

And the seasons, they go round and round and the painted ponies go up and down. We’re captive on the carousel of time. The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell Thanksgiving has changed through the years and ...

It’s finally here. The long weekend you’ve had circled on your calendar and in your mind since summer. The three or four full days when your mama molecules will be at full charge once again from being ...