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Big hug time? I met my son outside at the car as he was dropped off from school. As we turned and walked toward the front door, he answered: When we get inside, mama. Not in public! Not in public? I cried inside. Big hug time has been our tradition ever since he started preschool. …

Ever feel taken for granted? Ever take a loved one for granted? It happens, both ways, often with the people who matter the most. Just ask any parent — its a thankless job. (Um, Dad, in the off-chance you are reading this, thank you. For everything.) The sad thing is, the more you need someone …

You know you live in California when your Kindergartner goes to school in his winter gear — ski jacket, hat, yes, even gloves — so he could run amok in a snowball fight…of marshmallows. I guess we have to do what we must, right, to celebrate winter? I had never heard of a marshmallow snowball …

All I wanted was some cornbread. Just some sweet, crumble in your mouth cornbread. And that meant I needed to make some chili. Of course I could have just made the cornbread all by itself. But cornbread needed its partner. I found myself craving comfort food with the return of the rain – the continuous …

It’ll put hair on your chest. But I’m guessing you could use some right now. Some soup, that is. Though, who knows, maybe you might want a little hair on your chest, because winter is, indeed, back. And it’s cold. Well, this will warm you right up. Fire up that belly. And set your little …

The sound of honking called from the air above. I looked into the sky to see a flock of geese, in neat v-formation, returning from the south. Could it really be? We humans may be smart, and we may have our radars and weather satellites, but to me, seeing the geese return north signals a …