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Dim Sum and Doughnuts

A little SUMthing about growing up, making mistakes and happy endings.

Marriage and Family

You Don’t Have To Have Kids

February 15, 2017

Not long after I got married, one of my friends said to me: “You know… you don’t have to have kids. “ She said it in passing, and she said it lovingly, but when we hung up, I felt a little off … [Read more...] about You Don’t Have To Have Kids

Filed Under: Adoption, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Having Kids, motherhood, Raising Adopted Kids, Raising Biological Kids, Raising Kids, Real Talk About Kids, Starting A Family, Unlikely Moms

Not Everybody Is Going To Like You

January 9, 2017

  The other day, after school, one of my daughters was blah blah blah about some game she and her friends were playing at recess. I stopped her because the story was taking like 3 hours, and … [Read more...] about Not Everybody Is Going To Like You

Filed Under: Friendship, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: friendship, growing up, growing up is hard, Haters Gonna Hate, love your tribe, mean girls, Mom Blog, mom blogger, Shake it off, tribe

Do You Believe In G-D?

December 30, 2016

As a parent there are certain, inevitable questions you need to be prepared for: “Where do babies come from?” “Who invented pretzels?” And the ever popular: “Do you believe in G-D?”  … [Read more...] about Do You Believe In G-D?

Filed Under: Friendship, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: 2016, Celebrity Deaths 2016, Circle Of Life, Dealing With Loss, Family Blog, RIP2016, Talking to kids about death, Talking to kids about God, Why Do Good People Have To Die

Know Your Worth

November 28, 2016

  When it comes to committed relationships, there are two types of girls. (There are probably more, but for the point of this piece, there are two.) First, there are the girls who make … [Read more...] about Know Your Worth

Filed Under: Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Relationships Tagged With: Empowering Girls, growing up, Mommy Blog, mommy blogger, parenting blog, Teaching girls

The Election: 2016

November 16, 2016

During the final weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election, my 7 year old (JJ) asked me every day: “Mommy, who are you voting for?” And every day I’d respond the same way: … [Read more...] about The Election: 2016

Filed Under: Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Rants Tagged With: Anti Semitism, growing up, metro detroit blogger, parenting blog, Presidential Election 2016, Talking to your kids about racism

What Are You Going To Do?

October 4, 2016

We just celebrated Rosh Hashana. Rosh Hashana always falls in the fall. It’s either “early” or it’s “late,” but it’s always in the fall. Apples and honey, the shofar and the Torah: Rosh Hashana marks … [Read more...] about What Are You Going To Do?

Filed Under: Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Sum Of This, Sum Of That Tagged With: Back to work, growing up, metro detroit, metro detroit blogger, Mom boss, New beginnings, New Year, Rosh Hashana, Working Mom

Because They Believe What We Tell Them

September 26, 2016

In 2013, the owners of a Metro Detroit sneaker store called “Burn Rubber” got together with Eminem and produced an online reality series called Detroit Rubber. I don't know which came first, the store … [Read more...] about Because They Believe What We Tell Them

Filed Under: Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Burn Rubber, eminem, growing up, Hope, It takes a village, metro detroit, Preparing your kids, Royal Oak Michigan, Trust Your Gut

Charity Begins At Home

August 26, 2016

In light of our VERY FIRST DS+D charity event at Restyle Child (in Birmingham, Michigan) to benefit the "Wish Upon A Teen" foundation, I bring you this post from  February of … [Read more...] about Charity Begins At Home

Filed Under: Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Bear Hug Foundation, charity, Community support, give back, kids helping kids, lifestyle blog, mom blogger, pay it forward

Intrusive In Laws, Awkward Moments and Family Questions

August 14, 2016

Welcome to Mailbag Monday 7.0! Our first question comes from the Dim Sum and Doughnuts email inbox: Hi, I have a husband and 3 kids. We are both Greek and our family life is a lot like the movie … [Read more...] about Intrusive In Laws, Awkward Moments and Family Questions

Filed Under: Adoption, Mailbag Monday!, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption blog, advice blog, awkward parenting moments, help with parenting, in laws, intrusive in laws, parenting blog

If You Should Fall

August 8, 2016

During the winter of 2015, one of my friends posted a video chronicling three different athletes and their road to the Olympics. The video started on the ice when the athletes were babies. They were … [Read more...] about If You Should Fall

Filed Under: Camp Life, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Getting back on the horse, growing up is hard, New normal, no pain no gain, parenting blog, part of growing up, pay it forward, summer camp blog

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