After daughter Lizabeth called home to share her feeings about experiencing the 9/11 Memorial in New York City, Lynn Trimble and her son Christopher headed to the Scottsdale Center for the Arts to see a 9/11 memorial exhibit featuring the National Unity Flag.

When Republican presidential candidates were asked what they'd bring along to the White House if elected, Lynn Trimble was saddened that no one mentioned a tiny little tea set perfect for toddlers and teddy bears. So she devised her own tea party platform.

Lynn Trimble thought often of her husband and daughters while watching Southwest Shakespeare Company perform the Arizona professional premiere of "Titus Andronicus," which show the depths to which a father can fall when his daughter encounters the diabolical.

Thanks to a resolution passed last summer by the U.S Congress, the second week in September is National Arts in Education Week. Still, arts in education is woefully underfunded and underappreciated in Arizona. Lynn Trimble shares ways you can get involved in bringing arts in education to more Arizona students.

Lynn Trimble and her son Christopher recently visited Moving Memories, the 9/11 memorial at Wesley Bolin Plaza near the Arizona State Capitol. Today, as an interfaith memorial takes place at the site, she shares photos of a few of the words and images they encountered.

Lynn Trimble reflects on three national memorials honoring those whose lives were affected by 9/11 and shares some of the ways people are pledging to make a difference through acts of service and remembrance.

Lynn Trimble admits there was too much tv and too little talk in her house as 9/11 attacks unfolded a decade ago. Today she shares expert tips for parents eager to do a better job of having 9/11-related conversations with their children and teens.

Lynn Trimble chats with a Gilbert firefighter who read the book "Fireboat" to Valley fourth graders this week, then shares additional 9/11-related titles that can help parents and teachers talk about 9/11 with children and teens.

While searching for 9/11 memorial events, Lynn Trimble stumbled on a play being performed this Friday by an Arab American theater company -- then went in search of other arts and culture that explores the role of Arab Americans in American society.

Lynn Trimble explores some of the ways, from concerts to art exhibits, that Arizonans are remembering 9/11 through shared experiences of arts and culture.

Lynn Trimble explores the ways children and teens in New York City are remembering the 10th anniversary of 9/11, describes resources for Arizona families who want to learn more about the experiences of these children and their families, and shares news of a local 9/11 memorial event featuring several Arizona youth.

Having your baby leave for college is one thing. Imagine sending your child to a university only five blocks from Ground Zero just as the nation commemorates the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Lynn Trimble reflects on NYC and 9/11 as daughter Lizabeth settles in at Pace University in Lower Manhattan.

As she anticipates the opening of the "Bigs Bugs" exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden this month, Lynn Trimble previews a new book full of bugs, animals, birds and more.

Lynn Trimble shares reflections and photos from an unexpected trip to Flagstaff with daughter Lizabeth and a few of her friends, taken just days before Lizabeth left for her first year of college in New York City.

As her daughter Lizabeth flies to college in NYC, Lynn Trimble reminisces about shared cupcake adventures and shares photos of a fun new cupcake joint near the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale.

Lynn and Lizabeth share photos from an afternoon spent at the Children's Museum of Phoenix, named one of the country's ten best children's museums in 2011 by Parents Magazine. Lizabeth and her sister Jennifer spoke before the panel that chose the museum for Phoenix bond funding long before it had a permanent home in the historic Monroe School in downtown Phoenix.