Teenage daughters in love

My teenage daughter is spending more of her free time in the evenings talking on her cell phone to her boyfriend. She hardly ever talks to me any more. She goes straight to her room after gymnastics practice and either calls him or waits for him to call her. Maybe I’m a bit jealous of [...]

Read Full Post »

Daughter’s first date

Our daughter went on her first date Saturday night and I must admit, it was hard to let her go. I don’t know if this is how my mom felt when I had my first date, but I know I wondered what my daughter was doing and worried about her until she came home. I think [...]

Read Full Post »

Growing up

I recently wrote about letting go of kids as they get older, how their interests change, and how they want to do new and different things than they did as younger children. I mentioned that my own mother was having a harder time letting my kids grow up than I was. She was upset that [...]

Read Full Post »

Leaping into the future

A colleague of mine recently asked me to be his friend on Facebook. Although I was hesitant at first to take him up on the offer, I decided it might be a good opportunity to explore Facebook and meet other librarians. When my 14-year old daughter discovered I had a Facebook page, she nearly burst [...]

Read Full Post »