Tag: grandparents

Perhaps you and your husband have been married for a little over a year. You both want children but want to know when is the best time for us to start trying? Is there ever really a best time? Most of your friends already have children, and you’re starting to feel as if you should get started a little sooner than later. That, and both of your parents keep not-so-subtly hinting that they are ready to be grandparents. But are you ready to have kids?

Taking a forced break from my normal life of hanging out with babies and their parents, I’ve recently chalked up some personal experience being helpless, thanks to the need for some major orthopedic surgery. My recuperative slow-down has given me time to think about my attitude toward dependency. Unlike babies and other people with limited ability to meet their own needs, I had only a day or two of total helplessness, when I couldn’t walk on my own and needed help getting to the bathroom, and to be brought food, drink and medicine. While I like to think it would be my honor to help someone else in my state, I have noticed myself being frustrated and a little embarrassed to need so much help. Why is it so uncomfortable to be dependent?

We all love snapping pictures and video with our iPhones, but sometimes we don't want to share them with the world on Facebook or Instagram; just with family or specific friends. Apple has a built-in feature within the Photos app to make it easy to share your pictures and videos with the ones you love. Here's a quick step-by-step guide:

Turn on iCloud Photo Sharing

Before you can share you need to make sure your iCloud is properly set up for sharing.