Christa, Senior Writer
Christa is a wife, mother, military spouse, and an educator.
Labor Day Barbecue Favorites For Any Size Crowd
Labor Day - It’s a long weekend and many of us are celebrating with a day off and a little bit of extra time spent with family and friends. Extra time with friends and...
21 Years and Counting… the Good, the Bad, and the Laughs
Recently, my husband and I celebrated 21 years of wedded bliss. Twenty-one years of marriage means I’ve been married to my husband for longer than I lived at home with my parents. It means...
5 Frozen Treats to Beat the Summer Heat!
Beating the summer heat isn’t easy these days. We are either inside playing and working on projects in the precious air conditioning, or outside in the water trying to keep cool. It seems pools...
A Few Teacher Appreciation Gifts You Can Know They Will Love!
It’s Teacher Appreciation time and I know, as a teacher, that usually means lots of gifts from families in my classroom. This is the time of year parents shower teachers with all the things...
25 Favorites for Your Teen’s Easter Basket
Easter is just around the corner, and I love this time of year for so many reasons. Spring is in the air and all around. Stores are filled with baskets, flowers, and seasonal pinks,...
Holding the (Phone) Line for a Few More Minutes
It happened again. My twelve-year-old son asked for his own phone – yet again. This time, he sent my husband and me an email listing all the reasons he felt he “needed” the phone. ...
Instrumental Music: My New Work Favorite!
I’ve always enjoyed music. From the time I was little, you could find me singing along to music on the radio, singing in church or the car, dancing and singing along to music in...
Big Boys, Big Emotions: 5 Tips for Connecting with Your Tween Boy
The other day I picked my 11-year-old son up from 6th grade, as I do most days. He was moving slow and the look on his face said the day wasn’t spectacular. He plopped...
Be a Good Teammate!
Last weekend, my son competed in a jiu-jitsu competition. Jiu-jitsu is a ground-based martial art that focuses on grappling and the use of leverage, pressure, and other tactics in the pursuit of a submission...
Okay in the Quiet
I think it was when I became a mom that “quiet” started making me nervous. If it was quiet and I didn’t hear my kids, they were most likely doing something dangerous, messy, or...