How We Homeschool Without Doing School at Home (And why Greenville, SC is a great place to do it!)

(Been here before? Scroll to the bottom for March updates!) It seems like every other day I’m meeting a new homeschooling family who has recently arrived in Greenville from another state, or a family with young children curious about homeschooling but not sure where to start. I love meeting these families and the opportunity to...

10 Ways to Inspire Your Baby to Start Talking!

Editor’s Note:  The purpose of this post is to explore, through my personal experience, how certain interactions with your baby may increase their early language skills. This article is not in any way suggesting that having an early talker is a sign of superior parenting or conversely, that non-talking babies (that is, most babies) are a...

Thank you, San Francisco.

I landed at SFO last night with a heavy heart. That was the last time arriving here would be arriving "home". In July 2008, I moved to San Francisco from Toronto with two suitcases, oodles of optimism and not much else. No job. No work visa. No friends. No address or phone number. Just a feeling...

8 Days & Counting!!

There's nothing like having a baby due in eight days to light a fire under your rear end. As a first time expectant mother, I had naturally and wishful-thinkingly told myself that the baby would be at least two weeks early, so every day that I'm still pregnant is feeling like borrowed time. Time to...

Self-Diagnosis? Analysis Paralysis.

A month ago, I decided that it was finally time to start writing this blog. In hopes of putting my best foot forward, I spent some time coming up with the title, tagline and theme before launching into my first post. Two weeks in, I was happy with my progress. I wrote two actual posts...

Before She Was Mom, She Was Someone’s Little Girl

Last winter, a bunch of our family members got together in Raleigh, North Carolina, where my mother-in-law, Milly, lives. Our last night in town, we made a reservation at Mo's Diner - an enchanting restaurant in a small house oozing with vintage charm. The food was remarkable. The company - stellar. But what I remember...