Dr. Mom's Spot

DD is starting sixth grade, and DS is starting tenth, technically, although he's in a wonderful special needs school where they tak...

Growing up, I imagined being a successful person, with a good job, a big house, a nice car, and travels that would take me all over the ...

I am still on track for my one pound a week weight loss, which may sound pathetic, but I'm thrilled.  So I only have 109 lbs. t...

I changed my weigh-in day from Monday to Saturday.  The very good thing about that is that if I go to a party over the weekend, I have a who...

Marie Ponsot, just as I remember her, quiet and gentle. She is 96 now. When I was in college, I taught writing.  I was supposed to ...

The Great American Eclipse of 2017 was a great science lesson, but we weren't going to be in the path of totality, a...

Well, we had been invited to an eclipse pool party, but DS got sick yet again.  He had a nasty staph infection in his knee that was draining...