by justaskyourmompodcast | Nov 22, 2021 | Family Topics, Marriage, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Are YOU the default parent? CLUE: If you have to think about it, you’re not. 🙂 Scenario: out for a rare evening with a handful of other mom friends. At some point, inevitably, someone’s phone starts up with a text or call. Often, more than one phone. When are...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Nov 15, 2021 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
As with everything else in our culture these days, we seem to have this view that holidays need to be extraordinary. We have to go all the places, see all the displays, and deck all the halls. I think (hope) we’ve found that with the year we all had in 2020, we CAN...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Nov 8, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
In the 70’s/80’s (when we grew up), one of the most popular shows on the air was The Brady Bunch, which tackled the socially radical concept of two single parents getting married and creating their blended new family with 6 kids. Later, Cheaper by the Dozen did...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Nov 1, 2021 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
In America, we love freedom, options, and choice. We want a certain make/model/color car. We get irritated when the shoes we want only come in taupe and not camel. When it comes time to vote, we sure do want our choice of candidate on the ballot. In the...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Oct 25, 2021 | Family Topics
In any given day as a mom, our kids give us plenty of challenges, whether they’re 3 or 13. These can start as soon as they open their little eyes in the morning. Some days, everything’s a battle. Breakfast isn’t “right,” they want to wear their Elsa costume all...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Oct 18, 2021 | Family Topics, Health, Wellbeing
When I was born, my dad stood outside in the hospital hallway (probably smoking with all the other dads in the “stork club”) while my mom was given some kind of “twilight” drug and delivered me in a semi-conscious state. There were no mirrors at the foot of the...
