Last night, I told the kids it was bedtime. Like I always do. Brush teeth, get your jammies on, pick a book. The usual drill. Then I heard giggling. The kind that makes you stop whatever you’re doing and smile. I looked out the window and there they were—in the backyard, barefoot, chasing fireflies. My […]

Pay attention to the color of the stove flame.. If the flame is blue, this means that the combustion is effective, as the gas and oxygen mix well. If the flame is red or orange, this indicates that the combustion is incomplete, which may lead to increased gas consumption, blackening of the pan, delayed heating, […]

I thought I’d failed as a mother when my 28-year-old son came home last Christmas and announced he was “taking up quilting to deal with stress.” His father immediately started making jokes about him turning into his grandmother, asking if he needed help picking out lipstick next. I watched my son’s face shut down the […]