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Dim Sum and Doughnuts

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Mona

June 30, 2020

When my daughter (aged 13) doesn’t particularly like the behavior of someone from the male persuasion, she often refers to that person as a “DICK’s Sporting Goods.” An example of this would be: “Ugh. … [Read more...] about Mona

Filed Under: Camp Life, Friendship, Relationships Tagged With: camp, camp life, Camp Tanuga, Dealing With Loss, eminem, friends who are family, friendship, Hey Lady, losing a friend, loss of a friend, obie trice, seat filler

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

Thank You Note

May 17, 2016

Dear You, On March 23, 2016 we came out with the post Lose Yourself. It was an announcement post of sorts: We decided as a family we were going to take a shot at branding Dim Sum and Doughnuts. … [Read more...] about Thank You Note

Filed Under: Sum Of This, Sum Of That Tagged With: adoption blog, camp, camp blog, chinese adoption, daughters, detroit, dog blog, friendship, fun, grateful, growing up, lessons, lessons learned, life lessons, lifestyle blog, making mistakes, parenting blog, passing something down to my daughters, thank you to our readers

Professionals Who Party

May 11, 2016

When I was in high school, I had an English teacher who wore sport coats and ties. It was the 80’s and a lot of the male faculty dressed that way. They dressed more formal than the students. This … [Read more...] about Professionals Who Party

Filed Under: Camp Life Tagged With: camp, camp blogger, camp counselors, camp life, camper, English Teacher, every moment counts, friendship, growing up, high school, in the trenches, lessons, life lessons, morning bugle, overnight camp, play, sleepaway camp, summer camp, teacher appreciation, teacher life, Teaching as a profession, time off, work hard, work hard play hard

You’re Not Alone (IX)

April 23, 2016

I’m not saying these are all about me. I’m just saying if you feel the same, or you have done it too, you’re not alone. You’re not alone if… 1. You wish the cashier would just add on the extra … [Read more...] about You’re Not Alone (IX)

Filed Under: Friendship, Parenthood & Parenting Tips, You're Not Alone Tagged With: all in it together, been there done that, binge watching, daughters, friendship, fun, getting through the day, growing up, humor, kids, life, life of a mom, life of a parent, momlife, mommy life, mommyhood, motherhood, parenting win, Prince, Ryan O'Reilly, siri, sons

The Thing About Play Dates…

April 21, 2016

(From The Archives: July 19, 2011) The term “play date” has always been of interest to me. There aren’t many like it in the English language. It's really the only term I can think of that is filled … [Read more...] about The Thing About Play Dates…

Filed Under: Camp Life, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: camp, daughters, detroit, friends, friendship, funny, growing up, humor, kids, lessons, mean mommy, mommyblogger, mommyhood, motherhood, play dates, play time, playdate, rant

Why Overnight Camp Isn’t Right For My Kid–Top 5 Concerns

April 10, 2016

Over the last 14 years, I have engaged in countless conversations with people (many of whom are friends) about whether or not overnight camp is right for their kid. These are Top 5 Concerns I hear the … [Read more...] about Why Overnight Camp Isn’t Right For My Kid–Top 5 Concerns

Filed Under: Camp Life, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: comfort zone, fresh air, friendship, fun, growing up, homesickness, kids, letting go, mess hall cheers, momlife, mommy blogger, mommyhood, motherhood, overnight camp, parenthood, sleepovers, summer camp

Being A Camp Director’s Wife

March 30, 2016

(From The Archives: May 5, 2014) My husband, Cody, is one of the directors of an overnight camp for kids in Northern Michigan. Every year, Cody moves up to camp at the end of April to start setting … [Read more...] about Being A Camp Director’s Wife

Filed Under: Camp Life, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: 20's, 30's, 40's, aging, camp, camp visiting day, camper, coney island, detroit, feta cheese, friends, friendship, Greek food, growing up, job, kids, lucky, making mistakes, overnight camp, parenthood, parenting, parents, responsibility, role model, spinach pie, summer camp, swearing

6 Things I Learned From a 38 Special Concert

July 9, 2014

A few months ago one of my girlfriends (“Fly”) got a new car---one of those really cool new jeeps. The jeep had 38 miles on it so I started calling it “38 Special.” Right after Fly bought the car, she … [Read more...] about 6 Things I Learned From a 38 Special Concert

Filed Under: Camp Life, Friendship Tagged With: 38 special, 50 cent, aging, camp, camp life, casino concert, comerica park, concert, detroit, eddie money, eminem, flip phone, friends, friendship, fun, getting older, growing up, humor, jeep, leaders, music, northern michigan, obie trice, oldies, overnight camp, parenting, road trip, rock music, tension

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