What Cheerios and Kids Can Teach Us About Race

Last updated on: January 22, 2014 at 10:44 am By Kathy Tuan-Maclean

Cheerios ran a commercial with a biracial family that generated so many racist comments they had to disable the comments section. While saddened by that, I get it--I grew up in a family that felt the same way Read more

50 Years and Counting: What I’ve Learned from My Parents’ Marriage

Last updated on: January 17, 2014 at 9:20 am By Kathy Tuan-Maclean

My parents made it through 50 years of marriage. Here are some secrets I learned from them. Read more

Decluttering: 2014’s New Year’s Resolution

Last updated on: January 15, 2014 at 1:27 pm By Kathy Tuan-Maclean

My new year's resolution is to declutter my stuff and my life. Here's why it's such a challenge. Read more

Welcoming Advent–and Win the Chance for a Free Advent Book!

Last updated on: December 7, 2013 at 8:44 am By Kathy Tuan-Maclean

Tomorrow marks the 2nd Sunday in Advent. With 2 high schoolers and an 8th grader, rather than celebrating 6 times in the past 6 days, we’ve hit it 1 1/2. (Yesterday I was so grumpy that no one had cleaned the kitchen and that despite leaving out the rice hinting for someone to store it in the fridge, it was just put back in the rice cooker–6 days ago. . . I didn’t even sing). I’m re-posting my blog about Advent... Read more

I lost My Pedometer and Stopped Walking

Last updated on: November 20, 2013 at 12:36 pm By Kathy Tuan-Maclean

Several weeks ago I lost my Fitbit pedometer somewhere between BJs, the Party Store, Michael’s, CVS and Marshalls—it was quite the day of shopping. And I felt a sense of desolation that doesn’t seem appropriate for a thumb sized plastic object. That I’m blogging yet again about a pedometer also seems not quite right—but there’s no device other than my laptop that’s affected my life more! Ever since Scott brought home that first Fitbit, we’ve had a friendly step... Read more