Denise Mersmann
Hi! I’m Denise; wife to Doug for 36 years, mom to Kate who lives in DC and works at NASA, Caroline who became our angel at four months old and Ryan who is a junior at KState majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Physics and two fantastic felines, Walter and Arthur.
I love to take pictures, cook and bake, watch sports, dabble in most any type of crafting and hang out with my family. Mostly out of necessity, I have become fascinated with social media and have a false sense of pride that I am better at it than most people my age.
I have a constantly changing bucket list, mostly revolving around things I can do with friends or family and that doesn’t require me to address my solid fear of heights!
Lessons from Football Last a Lifetime
Our son, Ryan, is 21 years old. From the time he was old enough to talk he wanted to play football. Tackle football. Ryan hasn’t played football for several years, but I believe that he...
This is the Best Stage Ever in Our Family
Our family vacation this year was amazing! Just the four of us. My husband Doug and I, our daughter Kate, and our son Ryan met in DC and drove to Toronto with several stops...
Volunteering May Be Exhausting, But It’s Worth It
For me, parenting has been a long series of surprises.
I had no idea that I could function for months on almost no sleep, that every single thing my kids did would be the greatest...
BLT: Summer In A Sandwich (Plus Bacon Cooking Techniques!)
In our family, the ultimate celebration of summer is a perfect bacon, lettuce and tomato (BLT) sandwich. And the key piece of that summer treasure is the B.
Finding the best bacon can be a...
Family Values: Finding Your ‘Why’ Together
Family values. We all have them, even if we can't articulate them.
Assuming that we do have family values, what exactly are we doing with them? Family values don’t count for much if we don’t...
Keep Kids Talking: How to Have Open Conversations
Those adorable first baby sounds, the coos and babbles that we try so hard to make sound like real words are the beginning of a lifetime of communication ups-and-downs between parents and their kids.
From...
