Relationships

Sibling Relationships

by Julie Meyers Pron October 20, 2011

90% of the time, my boys are good boys. They’re polite, they care about others, they like to play. But. There’s always that 10% (or, maybe, is it 20 or 25%?) that they competing, pushing, shoving, teasing, wrestling… They’re brothers. And I’m learning to turn away and let them take care of their squabbles. I [...]

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Wedding Chic

by Julie Meyers Pron April 28, 2011

I will not be watching The Royal Wedding. Nor will I DVR it. I’m sure it will be featured on every morning, midday, afternoon and evening show for several weeks, so I’m sure I’ll piece together what’s most important. And that’s not who’s walking down the red carpet wearing what. It is that two people [...]

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Family traditions: We wash in our birthdays

by Julie Meyers Pron August 30, 2010

Image via Wikipedia It was a busy weekend at the Precious household. Not one, but two birthdays. Big turned 7; Middle, 5. But on the morning of their birthdays, they couldn’t actually announce they were 7 or 5 until after they bathed. Because they need to wash off the previous year. I started the tradition [...]

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Love as a family

by Julie Meyers Pron March 20, 2010

Last night I wrote a quick post about saying “I love you” and exchanging hugs and how great it makes us feel. You know. To love. I concluded with “I’m not sure the kids noticed.” So I went to sleep. And I couldn’t stop thinking about that last line. Because I really, truly hope my [...]

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Marriage, Relationships: Its a Job

by Julie Meyers Pron February 3, 2010

About a year after I was married, my cousin asked me to be in her wedding. I accepted. Two weeks later, she called for a heart-to-heart: what’s it like, marriage? I suppose she wanted to hear that, one year later, there were still butterflies in my stomach, leaping everytime I saw my husband. That we spent [...]