Life
When the brand of peanut butter is critical | Living With Gliegh
Food in a family is a precarious thing. Everyone has their likes and dislikes and finding a balance…
Opinion
The fine art of finding food for a family | Living with Gleigh
Food in a family is a precarious thing. Everyone has their likes and dislikes and finding a balance…
Life
The reality of kids growing up | Living with Gleigh
I usually plan my summers in January. It makes me feel warmer to plan summer camping in the…
Life
A teenager’s long and winding helpless list | Living with Gleigh
I told my daughter to pick up the blanket and cot her friend slept on the one night.…
Life
The impending doom of summer vacation | Living with Gleigh
Yesterday I had a sudden, unexplained urge to reorganize something, so I tore apart our pantry and started…
Life
Making summer productive for teens | Living with Gleigh
Ahhh! Or should I say AARRGG? It’s time for the kids to be home for the summer. It…
Life
The magic of what a mother knows | Living with Gleigh
Last summer when we were camping in our RV, I told one of my daughters, who shall remain…
Life
Lawn mower 101 | Living with Gleigh
So the first mowing of spring was actually done by my husband a few weeks ago. Let's get…
Life
The success and failures of making a list | Living with Gleigh
Some days I keep thinking of all the things I need to get done, then I forget what…
Life
Folded laundry and the making of a good week | Living with Gleigh
I have officially declared this a good week! A good week is directly determined by how quickly I…
Life
Seeing the trees through the forest | Living with Gleigh
As I’m sitting here writing this, I’m looking out the window at the sky and the trees. This…
Life
Trying to remember how to have fun | Living with Gleigh
I have forgotten how to have fun. It’s rather pathetic, but I realized the other day I struggle…
News
A family of bumping ducks | Living with Gleigh
Somehow instead of living with a human family, I seem to have acquired a fledging of ducks. For…
Opinion
A day in the life of a mom | Living with Gleigh
Sometimes my daughters asks me what I do all day. After one especially frustrating day, I decided I…
Life
Resolving not to resolve for the New Year | Living with Gleigh
Time for resolutions; which I try not to make. I feel like making resolutions sets me up for…
Opinion
Making almond roca candy a family affair | Living With Gleigh
I make about 30 pounds of almond roca every Christmas. It’s weighed and packaged in eight ounce treat…
Opinion
The chore of getting children to do chores | Living With Gleigh
When I was pregnant with my oldest daughter, my husband and I would joke about how we were…
Opinion
A teenage disorder called not picking up your mess | Living with Gleigh
As I was peeling the very sticky wrapping off one of the cupcakes my 13-year old daughter made,…
News
Good for 5000 pushes | Living with Gleigh
One day I replaced the soap pump in my daughters’ bathroom as my oldest was standing there. When…
Life
Finding a family movie is a treat | Living with Gleigh
With two teenagers who know everything and two adults who are so not cool anymore, finding a family…