What do you get when you put 6 girls under the age of 10 on the beach together? Tired kids and parents, sure, but also a whole lot of fun and memories.
If you’ve been reading my articles for a while, you may recall that we go to Truro every year with my in laws. This year we were lucky enough to have...
We Can Check St. Louis Off Our Bucket List.
Not sure if St. Louis was on our bucket list, but my apologies to anyone from the wonderful state of Missouri.
Our son Pete’s college club baseball team was playing in a tournament earlier this summer in southern Illinois. Given the timing of the games, we...
It all happened quite serendipitously. Our neighbors had some Zoo New England tickets that were about to expire before they could use them, and we were the lucky beneficiaries of their thoughtfulness.
After a little debate we decided against Franklin Park Zoo, which is much bigger and harder to park...
May 2025 was one of the busiest months I’ve had in ages, with two major (and exciting!) family events happening: my grandmother’s 90th birthday and my sister’s wedding!
First, my grandmother turned 90 and to celebrate we had a family gathering on Cape Cod for a long weekend. Many of the family were...
It feels good to check things off your to do list. Like those estate planning documents you’ve been meaning to do for a while? You finally just signed them at the lawyer’s office and are feeling a nice sense of accomplishment. That wasn’t fun but at least it’s done now… Or so you thought.
The...
I recently saw a funny greeting card with the following question and reply, “I was asked what the most difficult part of being a parent is. Without a shadow of a doubt it’s the kids”. I had a good chuckle and then thought of a comment my mom once made, “little kids little problems; big kids big...
My daughter Briana loves to run. She’s always loved going fast, even when crawling was how she got around. You could say she was born to go fast, since my wife ran track in college. Fortunately, Briana got her speed and not mine.
Given all of this, it was no surprise that one of her 2024...
What a difference a week makes. The S&P 500 opened April at 5,597 and proceeded to drop about 10% over the next five trading days (1).
First, some perspective. In April 2024, the S&P traded at about the same level as on April 10, 2025 (1). If I told you a year ago that your portfolio would not make...
I’m excited to share that Saoirse is going to be a big sister!
And in true ‘me’ fashion, what do I want to do when I’m 6 months pregnant, and my toddler is about to turn 3 years old? Plan a weeklong “birthday and baby 2-for-1 celebration” trip!
The greatest life hack out there (and I’m only slightly...
It seems like just last week we were watching our son Pete on the baseball diamond as my inner monologue told him he was playing too close to second base (he plays shortstop) or that he was not keeping his eye on the ball as he swung. But that could be because it WAS last weekend that we saw him...
Tariffs are all over the news, both politically and financially. What do they mean for your money? Let’s break it down.
First, we must note that the amount, timing, and duration of tariffs are big unknowns. In a negotiation, not everything that is threatened comes to fruition. We’ve already seen...
Is it just me, or has this winter been a particularly tough slog? I don’t mind a little cold, although I’ve always thought we get too much. If we could skip February and head right to March, or skip March and head right to April, that would be great. And I do enjoy a little snow. But not when...
