Gifts for Guys

Are you getting ready to celebrate an anniversary? Looking for something special for your husband’s birthday or another special event where you get a chance to give your husband a gift? Some families like to celebrate Christmas in July (yes, Christmas though we’ve still got a few months before we’ll be celebrating that) – choosing a gift for your husband for such occasions can be difficult. Few men like receiving flowers – though truthfully for several years on our anniversary and his birthday, I sent my husband flowers and something else to his office. His co-workers always thought it was … Continue reading

Heads Up Sons & Daughters

Ladies, this is to all the wives and mothers that visit here and read my blog. This is also for you dads and husbands as well. Tomorrow is Father’s Day and if you’re like me, you may be wondering what the fuss is about. Is it another Hallmark holiday? Why are we choosing one day a year much as we do with Mother’s Day to honor the people in our lives we should honor each and every day? Well, aren’t we lucky, I went to do a little research and here’s what I found out about the history of Father’s … Continue reading

The Magic of Dad

Too often we get caught up in the needs of new moms and new babies that we forget how magical the relationship is between dad and baby. When my daughter was a baby, there were evenings when she was inconsolable, when she just didn’t want to sleep or eat or whatever it was she was being stubborn about. This started as early as 8 to 10 weeks. As most new moms can attest, this is not the most patient time for us. We’re usually exhausted and running on very little sleep. It can also be stressful when baby refuses to … Continue reading