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Category Archives: Teens
Homecoming or Coming Home?
All last week, it seemed that every parent I ran into, who has a high school student, asked the same question: “Is Little Man going to Homecoming?” That answer changed throughout the week. Surprisingly, for a kid who is young … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Education, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Tales From the Motherland, Teens, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged high school, Homecoming, Homecoming Dance, parenting, Peer pressure, Tales from the Motherland, Teens
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The Middle: The Teeny, Tiny Land of Disney
Spoiler: If you are planning to go to Disneyland anytime between now and Halloween, this may be a spoiler. Further, I am taking Disney down a notch here. Don’t read this post, if you don’t want to have your World … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Teens, travel, Women, Women's issues, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged Childhood memories, College aged kids, Disney, Disney Land, Disney World, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, travel
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Call Me Kristen Bell.
Ok, so I spoiled the whole snake hook in the last post. I thought about dragging it out, but I just didn’t have the heart. Truth is, I expected to see snakes everywhere we went in the Amazon for the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Awareness, Beautiful places, Beauty, Blog, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, Natural beauty, Nature, Parenting, summer vacation, Teens, travel, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged Adventure, Explorama, Explorama Canopy Walk, Kristen Bell, Lima, Mira Flores, Peru, pink dolphins, San Isidro, Sloths, Tales from the Motherland, the Amazon, travel, vacations, Yagua tribe
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And Finally… We Arrive: Machu Picchu!
After three days of perfect Andean bluebird skies and sunshine, it was unreal when I woke to the sound of rain on the tin roof, that I’d found so charming the night before. Nestled under the cozy alpaca blankets the … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful places, Beauty, Blog, Daily Observations, Musings, My world, Natural beauty, Personal change, summer vacation, Teens, travel, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged Adventure, Cuzco, Dogs, History, Incas, Machu Picchu, personal change, Peru, Tales from the Motherland, travel, Trekking
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Machu, The Inca Dog…
This is part 4 of our Trip to Peru. If you missed the previous two post, go back now and read them… Go ahead, this will wait. When we left off, we had two hung-over “kids,” two parents who’d found … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Beautiful places, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, summer vacation, Teens, travel, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Aguas Calientes, blogs, Dogs, Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, Musings, Personal challenges, Peru, Tales from the Motherland, travel, Trekking
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After The Bug
Tomorrow we depart for Peru and my stomach is churning. Thankfully, it’s just nerves… now. The stomach bug that laid me low, low, low last weekend has mostly passed. This does seem to be a dastardly bug that lingers for … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Beautiful places, Blog, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Parenting, Summer, Teens, travel, Writing
Tagged Captain Jack's, Dan & Whit's, Dartmouth, Family reunions, Fireflies, Jenga, Machu Picchu, Paleo diet, Tales from the Motherland, the Amazon, travel, Vermont
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Circumcision, Bin Ladin and the Olympics. This Is How The Adventure Begins…
Yes, you read that right and with our family it should be no surprise. Our big trip to New England and then S. America began with a very animated drive to the airport. We have headed out for a three … Continue reading
Sh^t!
It’s hard to think straight right now. What I want to write and what comes out are two different things, as my brain whirrs indiscriminately. One minute I’m focused and on task, the next I can’t think of what to … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Beautiful places, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Life, Musings, My world, Parenting, Summer, Teens, travel, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged college students return home, Kids living at home, shit, stress, Summer, Tales from the Motherland, transitions, travel
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Lessons in Loss and How The U.N. Really Did Dissolve… Into Puddles.
Note to new readers: Our family took in two foreign exchange students last August for the entire school year. Denmark is a 17 yr old girl. China is a 16 yr old boy. The U.S. is our 15 yr old son (Little … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Foreign exchange students, High School, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Music, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Teens, traveling alone, Women's issues, Wonderful Things
Tagged Foreign exchange students, growth, high school, Huntington's Disease, mothers, parenting, personal change, Tales from the Motherland, teenagers
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TALES FROM THE MOTHERLAND 