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Letting Go: Redefining The Mother-Daughter Relationship
It is the eve of the night before my first baby girl Neriah becomes an adult. How did this day come so soon? This natural rite of passage I imagined gently greeting me hit me like a bold question mark at the end of a sentence. Despite the lack of emotional preparation, the day unfolds,…
Brooke Burke: Checking Out To Check IN
Happy summer! For me summer is about checking out to reconnect and slowing life down just enough to enjoy the easy days of summer. My favorite part is giving up my morning duties and hanging up my carpool hat for 3 short months. Time seems to be moving faster as my kids grow up and…
Brooke Burke: Planes, Ships and Parasails
I recently worked on a family vacation campaign with Embassy Suites about how to plan a family trip thats enjoyable for everyone and how the hotel you choose can make or break a family getaway. I think its fair to say the same about the company you keep. We all know that when it comes to family we dont get to choose but there are ways to make a family vacation with the …
My Daughter’s New Pet
I cant believe summer is almost over; I would kill for another month! Im crazed trying to manage the influx of school e-mails and documents while making the best efforts to get all my childrens forms to the right places on time. Sadly, my precious little homeschool has closed up as my youngest, Shaya, will start kindergarten.
Change
For more than a few weeks now, Ive been a little checked out, kind of disconnected and pretty numb. Ive wanted to write but Ive needed to escape from my own reality.