Published Articles

By Trish • February 15th, 2009

Published in Bay State Parent On the way to the Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History in Weston, I ask my 12-year-old son Joel, his friend Oren and my 7-year-old son Caleb, “Do you guys know how much a stamp costs today?” “Five cents?” Oren offers. I shake my head. “Fifty cents?” Joel guesses. Yikes. I realize that in today’s world of email and IM, my own kids don’t even know what it costs to mail a letter, ..read more

Published in Bay State Parent Parents take note: Valentine’s Day needn’t be only for love-struck couples or candy-stuck cards for your kids’ classmates. This flower-and-chocolateladen holiday can be easily transformed into a meaningful family event that you and your kids will look forward to year after year. Its theme of expressing love is meaningful; the holiday trappings are few, and the opportunity to sweeten it with memorable family traditions is well worth the effort. Here’s how some Massachusetts families transformed ..read more

  Published in Bay State Parent Magazine Winner of The American Cancer Society Sword of Hope Award Read the BayState Parent Blog Entry Cancer is devastating for anyone to face. But for women in their childbearing years, the impact of cancer can spread beyond the individual. Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy treatments may cure cancer, but contribute to inability to conceive. Couples without children are left with compromised fertility. Couples with children continue to parent their children while facing an unknown future. And for ..read more

Winner of the New England Press Association (NEPA) Award Category: Human Interest Published in Bay State Parent Magazine On a warm summer night three years ago, Susan Noble was enjoying a special evening with some friends at a baby shower to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Susan and Kens’ first child. As each gift was opened and passed around, the women oohed and aahed, especially at the adorable little overalls and sports-studded outfits. Ken and Susan knew their baby was a boy. ..read more

Andrew’s Helpful Hands Touch Families of Children with Cancer Winner of the New England Press Association (NEPA) Award Category: Human Interest Published in Bay State Parent Magazine Imagine that your two-year old is showing alarming symptoms of diarrhea and lethargy. Imagine your shock when he is diagnosed with leukemia so advanced, he must be admitted to the hospital immediately. Your life as you knew it stops and you are thrust into a world of medical terminology, treatment, and trauma. You want to do everything you can to help ..read more

Discovering Colonial History Through Play at Old Sturbridge Village Published in Bay State Parent Magazine “Let’s Play Ball!” Though you may have recently heard it at your child’s little league game, those familiar words have actually been ringing down through the centuries.  In fact, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote in 1824, “…there is nothing now heard of in our leisure hours but ball, ball, ball…” At Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, there’s lots of “ball, ball, ball”… being played this summer, not only for ..read more