There was no holiday card this year. I couldn’t even bring myself to log in to social media for long enough to post a holiday wish there. I love you all, and I appreciate the wishes you’ve sent. You’ll have to take my word for it. I thought maybe a little time and space would […]
Tag: neurodiversity
I didn’t take back-to-school pictures of my kids this year. I didn’t forget like I did in pre-K. We didn’t run out of time, as I’m sure was the case another year. I simply admitted to myself that of all the battles to be fought that morning, that one I could let go. Me letting […]
Quick side story: I’ve been wanting to do more writing and finding it tricky to fit it into our wild summer schedule, so my awesome therapist and life guru recommended that I try a new app called Otter to capture thoughts and ideas. You record your thoughts and it creates a transcript for you. The […]
“You know everyone thinks you’re a terrible mother, right?” When someone uttered these words to me this week, I laughed. I laughed. And that, my friends, is progress. Do you know how many tears I’ve cried? How much sleep I’ve lost? How much therapy I’ve invested in? How much inner work I’ve done to laugh […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I just watched a big, burly Dad swing his front door open and walk outside to play with his adorable toddler daughter — pigtails, pink and purple everywhere, smiles for miles. Perfection, I thought. Cute, happy little girl…must be nice snuck into my mind. And then I noticed that the dad had a big ol’ […]
I’m on vacation in one of my favorite places — there’s ocean air and sunshine and people I enjoy so much — and this trip is one we’ve delayed for a year and a half and looked so forward to. It almost didn’t happen. We almost cancelled…twice. But in the end, we decided to roll […]
