By Karen Thomas I can't help but stop and wonder at the beauty that surrounds us this time of year. Springtime always brings an abunda...
By Karen Thomas "Hang up the phone." It seems pretty obvious, but I'll bet it doesn't make sense to a lot of kids. A...
By Karen Thomas I came across an article the other day in which a mother was talking about how she had rediscovered the joy of snuggling h...
By Karen Thomas My family has chosen to spend the last few holidays at home. It always sounds like a great idea: We'll save money from...
By Karen Thomas We recently had a power outage in my corner of Menifee. I happened to be away when I got a phone call from my kids: "...
By Karen Thomas Recently, I was able to attend the Holiday Interfaith Service held at the United Church of Christ in the Sun City communit...
By Karen Thomas Several years ago, after "friending" a niece, I was checking my Facebook feed and encountered a completely diffe...
By Karen Thomas Last week, I was hurrying into the house to put some groceries in the fridge before heading out on a lunch date with my hu...
By Karen Thomas I was almost at mile 12 when it came to me: Running a race is a lot like giving birth. OK, admittedly the reward isn't...
By Karen Thomas "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make so...
By Karen Thomas Common Core seems to be the buzzword these days. With the school year in full swing and this being the first year of ful...
By Karen Thomas For the past few months, I've been trying to pretend I didn't see the clumps of cat hair collecting around my ya...
Editor's note: Menifee resident Karen Thomas writes a "Menifee Mom" column regularly for Menifee 24/7. She also is an avid ru...
