Sister Serendip

Here's a fun game, adults! Try to choose the correct meaning of the phrases I have recently heard my teenage sons say: 1. Waking up is s...

I won't ever feel comfortable using the term "post-pandemic" since I've been burned before thinking this might be over. I ...

Just like everyone else, our back-to-school checklist looks a lot different this year. Since none of our kids are going to school in person ...

The last week or two have been hard for an optimist. Well, the last three months have been, really, but the last week or two have taken th...

Hey friends . . . that escalated quickly, huh? How’s everyone doing out there adjusting to our collective new isolated reality? My family h...

Teaching is a career I had considered but didn't pursue. Being a tour guide provides me with the opportunity to work with kids and get ...

This is my 4th year working as a tour guide and workshop leader (that means I get to do things like dress in costume and make candles...

Last week a friend of mine asked if I would attend a workshop she was holding, it had sort of a life coach-y vibe. I'll admit I'm u...

Working as a tour guide and workshop leader for school groups at a local historic site, I've actually learned way more than five things...

 Overwhelmed by the upcoming holidays?  I can help.  I've learned a thing or two in the past fourteen years as a parent and I...

Every November we make a big featherless paper turkey and for some unknown reason the kids give him a food name (Cheeseburger or Bacon, for...

 Once when my older two children were ages three and four, it was a late winter day and they were happily playing in the play room. I told t...

So, uh . . . you got kids? Do they go to school? Are they old enough to have homework? Do they have . . . Rocket Math? Or  Mad Minutes?...

1. Pack the night before so the morning goes more smoothly. I like to do it when the kitchen is still dirty from making dinner. I'll wa...