Archive - 2022

Who Do Your Teens Idolize? Why You Need to Know.

Aug 11 2022

Think back to when you were a teenager, or younger. Who were your idols? And why? It can be embarrassing to think about so to break the ice, I’ll go first. When I was four, I idolized Mac Davis. He sang songs on a record my family owned, and I thought he was kinda cute in a cowboy hat. When I was eight, I idolized Bo and Luke Duke. Because they were cute (AND every other girl in school felt the same way). Also, they were constantly getting one over on the idiots who ran Hazzard County. When I was…

Our view from quarantine in Auckland, New Zealand

Jul 28 2022

So. It’s been awhile. Not for lack of inspirational writing material (there’s been plenty), or because our family has had COVID (we’ve had it, but it was mild, thankfully), or because my site crashed (it hasn’t). Full disclosure, I haven’t posted because of my addiction to double-spacing after end punctuation, which I hear is way passe because we no longer use typewriters. But I simply cannot commit myself to unlearning the only thing I could do consistently well in my high school typing class. Oh, and because my family recently moved to New Zealand. One of these “excuses” is actually…

My name is Heidi Black and I have it all... Maybe not in the traditional sense of the phrase but I do feel I have it all: three beautiful, healthy children, a devoted husband and father and the privilege of being a Domestic Engineer. (I used to call myself a SAHM but that just doesn’t fit when my day is filled with coordinating 5 schedules and preplanning their execution, all up to a week in advance.) And now, indulging in a not-so-secret desire to write, and following the advice “write what you know” I am ready to share what I have learned from this ironic life journey and along with you, discover answers to those many questions related to parenting.