This was the year of the anti-resolution for me — no exercise, no dry January, no improved diet or refined goals. I didn’t have it in me. Note to the reader: if you buy into the mindset of New Year, New You, which I have invested in for many years before this one, I do […]
I was talking to a neighbor parent yesterday, and I shared a daily thought of mine: “there’s nothing more comical about my pre-kids assumptions about parenting than my belief that a parent’s biggest job is to teach their children.” In actuality, I’ve learned far more about myself and the world from my children than I’ve […]
One hot as blazes Friday this August, I splurged for an extra day of camp for the kids, started the morning getting the ladies hugged so tight at my annual mammogram, and then landed my 43-year-old backside in a tattoo chair for the first time. (My husband happened upon the day’s calendar a couple days […]
I have been a parent for 10 years. A whole decade!? And as any parent of a child more than weeks old can likely relate to, I am somehow equally confounded that it feels like it couldn’t have been more than a few years, and because it also feels like the pre-kids version of my […]
School starts in one day, and I think I’m finally ready to say it. (Well, maybe whisper it.) We had a good summer. This is new, so I’m afraid I might jinx it if I say it out loud. It reminds me of our son’s remote control airplane that he really wants to fly but […]
We can be flexible. We can be flexible. We can be flexible. We can be flexible. If we have a family mantra, this might be it. We have two neurodiverse children that are not known for their go-with-the-flowness. Flexibility is something we’re actively cultivating every damn day in our household. It’s what we aspire to, […]
I was a just-right child for most adults — the kind introverted enough to not talk much in class, anxious enough to deeply fear getting into any degree of trouble, engaged enough to want to learn, people-pleasing enough to strive for good grades and reviews, and not quite brave enough to ask too many difficult […]
After weeks of holidays, illnesses, snow days, and tidal waves of errands and tasks, I woke up Monday morning to a blank slate on my calendar — no appointments, no scheduled work or meetings, no agenda. When you’re a mom and wife with a job, a contracting position, and a side business, just the thought […]
I recognized the mugshot of a man who confessed to seriously harming his young son yesterday. Unfortunately, It wasn’t the mugshot or the news headline that shocked me. It was the recognition. It’s a different thing knowing something terrible exists in the world and knowing something terrible exists in your world. The even more shocking […]
“People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross I have a confession. I’m scared of the dark — not in the there’s a monster hiding under […]
