This was a B.W. (Big Weekend) in the Cooksey household. Finally, after over a year, Jack started sleeping in his big-boy bed. Yes, it took over a year. From the battlefield, here are some lessons learned the hard way on the transition process. These actually apply to any difficult transition, I’ve...

How well I remember my carefree 20’s. Well, they didn’t seem carefree then; I was trying to work through a failing marriage while making a start on my career. But, looking back from my vantage point of right now – with kids, a mortgage, aging parents, and a (different) husband with a cholesterol...

Barney, the Purple Dinosaur, is not the first example that comes to mind when thinks of intelligence. Einstein? For sure. Ben Franklin? Yep. Bill Gates? Absolutely. All would come to mind before the big, fluffy green-spotted reptile. Even among children’s characters, he would not be the first...

Gravity is something most people don’t think a whole lot about on a daily basis. It is introduced during school in science class, and then (for most of us) once the test for that class is over, your knowledge of gravity is limited to the image of the apple falling on Newton’s head. His Law of Gravitation...

If you are like me and have a hard-to-buy-for hubby (no obsessive hobby like golf or tennis or collecting, etc.), please read on for some ideas that you might consider! —————————————————- T-shirt bought...

A Mom-car. Yes, I drive one. And not only do I drive one, I’m PROUD to drive one. At my two-year-old’s gym class recently, a father asked me what I thought of my minivan. I immediately began to extol all of its unending virtues: the electronic sliding doors, 100+ (or so it seems) cup holders,...