Remind me again why the tooth fairy gives children money for a lost tooth. No, really, I can’t remember why...
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I’m totally going to date myself with this confession, but my first concert (and crush) was Elvis Presley. Yes, I..
Did your mom and dad teach you that “money doesn’t grow on trees”? I remember hearing that more times than..
Las Vegas may be known as Hawaii’s ninth island, but there’s another popular vacation destination for kamaaina. I mentioned it..
Spring break may be a bit of a misnomer. When you’re in school, you live for this time off. What’s..
Do you know the feeling that you’re forgetting something? I have it on a daily basis. It goes something like..
It’s hard to top the look of pure joy children have when celebrating a birthday. It can be theirs or..
“And the Oscar goes to …” Those words used to get me excited. As a diehard movie buff, I’d root..
There’s nothing worse for a parent than to see your child suffer. It’s bad enough when they come down with..
I used to get sucked into that television vacuum otherwise known as reality TV. Go ahead, judge me. But I..
Do you remember that ’90s movie Twins? It was based on the farfetched concept that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito..
Remember when life was simpler? This could be an opening for just about any subject, but in this case I’m..
Your school picture is a memory you treasure for life – or something that you will never live down. Trust..
No one wants to be a sore loser, but how do you teach good sportsmanship to children? The Sochi Winter..
One of the smartest decisions I’ve made was to enroll at UCLA. That was quickly followed by a not-so-bright decision...
Forget texting and walking. I now see tweens and teens “kendama-ing” on the move. Yes, someone actually coined that expression...
We live in a throwaway society. We are so quick to use and toss things daily, filling up our waste..
For someone who has a serious sweet tooth like me – and a family risk of diabetes – cutting down..
The best gift you can give young child isn’t something you can wrap up and put under a Christmas tree..
I don’t know who gets credit for turning the Christmas card into the ultimate family portrait, but I relish receiving..
