The timing of this back-to-school season is particularly interesting to me. Our children are heading back to their classrooms post-Olympics and pre-election. Social media will be a mix of first day school pics, political posts, and post-Olympic motivational/Phelps face memes. Every election year can be divisive but for me, this one feels even more so. Some of the political posts for both sides have been rather ugly and offensive. It's no wonder that it's difficult to find qua

I was late getting my weekend-at-a-glance guide out this week. I wish I could say that I was busy doing something fun or exciting but I was just helping my son complete the last of his summer book reports before we leave for one last summer getaway. To say that I'm a tad bit bitter with his school for inundating young children with online math drills, and book reports with projects would be an understatement. I understand that "summer slide" is very real but at my son's age,

What a great turnout yesterday for our first ever Family Fun Fitness event sponsored by Hereford Zone Mom and Our Lady of Grace School - Parkton! We had major anxiety about the weather but the rain held off, and some lovely friends, many wonderful readers, and the always supportive HZ community came out. Many thanks to all of you who attended the Fitness Fest. We had a lot of fun and we hope you enjoyed the day as much as we enjoyed having you there. I especially enjoyed talk