PUBLIC MARKS from vacelts with tag family

My kids started school this week. Okay, so it was just preschool and they only go for ½ a day two days a week, but for me it was still this big milestone in their lives.

Thanksgiving is usually one of those holidays that pass in a blur of turkey and football, but three - all during particularly different points in my life - stand out for me.

So while I dream of delicious, mouth-watering turkey on Thanksgiving, the meal always comes down to one course for me — Dessert. And when I think about Thanksgiving Day dessert, my mind always jumps to pie — more specifically pumpkin pie.

I’ve been under the weather for a couple days now. Yesterday I spent most of the day in bed. My husband, as always, sweetly took care of me, bringing me everything I needed — soup, water, even my computer to finish a couple deadline projects for work. But unlike in the past, my husband had help caring for me this time.

With the Writer’s Guild of America on strike and all our favorite television shows going dark, the place to be this holiday season for a little entertainment is the theater. The holiday season on the big screen is fairing up pretty nicely as an option for family outings to include not only some holiday-themed movies, but some other fun family films.

I come from a family where photos are a huge part of our life. It’s not the same case for my in-laws. However, now that there are grandchildren, I’ve been building up to request a three-generation family photo with my in-laws. But now it’s too late.

In response to my post on The Feminine Mistake, a recent commenter questioned what kind of message stay-at-home moms are sending their daughters by giving up their careers. Here's what I think I'm teaching my daughter -- and my son.

Today marks the start of National TV Turn-Off Week. According to the Center for Screen-Time Awareness, turning off the TV allows your family to spend quality time together reading, thinking, creating and doing. Personally, I think that denying my children television will actually make them want it more. In fact, I actually use television as a development tool for my twin two-year-olds.

The bar for mothers far and wide keeps getting raised. Being super is not enough anymore, now moms must be Alpha Moms, at least according to an article in this week's USA Today. Are you an Alpha Mom?