Archive - 2018

    Pulseonparenting is not a political platform.  But it is about kids and their parents and and their friends and extended families.  I’ve spent the past four years blogging with the goal of making a difference, big or small, in the lives of children and their loved ones.  To say nothing of what happened last week, on a day reserved for celebrating love, would dishonor the passion that motivates me to get up at 5:30 in the morning. Now, right now, while the nation is yet again in the throes of sadness and grief, the most glorious phoenix has…

  I am not super-crafty but love to craft.  It’s hard to find the time to create so I rely on Annie’s Creative Woman Kit-of-the-Month Club and other simple suggestions, like one I found in the February 2018 Real Simple (makes sense, no?).  A fellow reader shared her love-note treasure hunt tradition she and her husband plan for their children each February, where they hide paper hearts around their home with notes of love written on them.  Then their kids search for them daily through Valentine’s Day.  As I didn’t come upon this fun little ritual until a couple days…