
Mary Yana Burau
Mary Yana Burau is author of the book, “It’s a Great Day To…Gather Around a Table” and an alumni of the University of Michigan School of Education. She writes on family, children & social issues.


🍎 Teaching Your Kids to Handle Difficult Situations and Find Their Successes… “Come On, It’s Art!”…. 🎨
Teaching your kids to handle difficult situation and to find their successes are two important topics in the unofficial “Curriculum of Parenting” in my opinion 🍎

🍽️ Pastina
This checks the two boxes for a Marvelous Monday recipe…Something Simple, Something Good ✔️

✏️ What Makes YOU Happy?
Do you ever take the time to think about that? What makes YOU happy? Life is short…
🍎 Lessons Learned from Miss Marcia 🩰
Sometimes, the lessons learned from the local dance teacher, baseball coach or Boy Scout leader, end up being good lessons learned for life…

✏️ You May Be Running Behind…But It’s Not Too Late, To Turn The Lights Back On
This week’s essay is a good read leading up to Valentine’s Day and starts with Billy Joel’s new song, “Turn the Lights Back On”…

🍎 Introducing Your Children to New Activities
It’s fun to introduce our children and grandchildren to new activities…