If you’re a basketball fan, you have been probably keeping up with the news of the NBA lockout. Weeks have gone by with no games this season and fans are growing restless. With all the hoopla surrounding the LeBron James trade, will he even get a chance to play this year? Will the Lakers win another championship? Will Kemba Walker get an opportunity to showcase his skills?

These are among the questions swirling around my house. My son, an avid basketball fan, keenly tracks updates every day to see if his favorite players will grace the courts this season. I’m awakened each ...

Those first sleep-deprived months of your baby’s life can feel like years. But before you know it, you’ve got a tween at the table who wants to know, “Mom, what was my first word?”

“Today when I see young mothers with their little babies and looking haggard, I offer them the same advice I got – ‘Enjoy this time, it goes by too quickly,’” says Jennifer Covello, Norwalk mother-of-two.

“But I know they won’t listen – I didn’t!”

What Jennifer did manage to do as a new parent was to keep a journal of sorts, first for her son, then her daughter. Now practically ...