Author: Jill

Where do our fears come from? This is how my sister and I dealt with our bogeyman.

A vivid imagination can lead to trouble with the law.

This kid is clever. If this is how my daughter is at four years old, I need to start bracing myself for when she’s 12.

What happened to all the national attention to keep America beautiful?

I ended up having to reschedule doctors’ appointments, cancel preschool, any number of things because my headstrong daughter so hated her car seat.

I remember being spanked only once when I was a kid. Oh, I was threatened with a spanking more times than I can count but an actual spanking? Just once.

When I was a kid, I used to steal money from my mom pretty regularly, but I’d never call myself a thief.

I seem to have a lot of confidence in my ability to to fix my computers. As it turns out, I’m delusional.

I was seven years old and already teaching my younger brother how not to make money.