by Brooke Romney | Feb 26, 2018 | Parenting, Relationships
Can We Just Be Honest? Can we just be honest? Being honest is hard. But being honest about important things — the things that actually matter — is the hardest. Not the once-every-six-months bare-your-soul Instagram post about struggling with...
by Brooke Romney | Feb 7, 2018 | Holidays, Relationships
A Quick and Easy Family Valentine’s Day Celebration For most of our married life, we have done our best to celebrate Valentine’s Day as a couple, but as the kids get older and life gets busier, we often have too much regular life happening on...
by Brooke Romney | Oct 2, 2017 | Relationships
I love my birthday. I love the calls, the messages, the texts, going out to eat for every meal, the plans my husband makes and the way my kids say, “Happy Birthday Mom” at least five times each. However, there is one part of my birthday that makes me cringe just a...
by Brooke Romney | Aug 14, 2017 | Parenting, Relationships, Teens
As I have read about and pondered the events that happened Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, I was struck with the responsibility we have as parents to teach our children to love, to break the cycle of hate that is so prevalent today, and to respect and learn...
by Brooke Romney | May 4, 2017 | Relationships
Answering Your Questions About Being Friendly vs Being a Friend Brooke was overwhelmed by the love and support for the article It’s Time to Stop Being Friendly and Start Being a Friend. The questions and private messages that followed — about...
by Brooke Romney | Apr 10, 2017 | Relationships
Stop Being Friendly and Start Being a Friend Stop being friendly and start being a friend — those are genuinely different things, and most of us have spent years doing the first while convincing ourselves we were doing the second. Being friendly means...
