Mama PhD

Grades from last semester are only a distant memory for most of us, but, as a new semester stretches out...

I ended last semester with 58 student research papers to read and grade in 10 days. 700 (digital) pages to...

Two days left of our Christmas break and I found myself scrambling. I needed to catch up on all I’d...

I’m not much of a resolution-maker; I’m too afraid I’d be a resolution-breaker to even go down that road. And...

Post-early childhood, I was never that big on Christmas. My mother was kind of a fanatic about the holiday —...

Christmas is, for our family as for so many others, all about the traditions. But the way we observe the...

My son, Ben, as I have mentioned here, is an amazing guitarist and an all-around great person. He plays guitar...

My daughter seems to be naturally picking up the nuances of my husband’s field of law. Not only did she...