One Last Chance To Say Goodbye…?
I wasn’t prepared, and didn’t get to say “goodbye” or “I’ll miss you” one last time. I wasn’t quite sure how to handle it. So I came up with an idea.… Read More One Last Chance To Say Goodbye…?
I Miss My Kids
You know that feeling when the kids are small and you are exhausted, and you wait all day to put them to bed so that you can have a few minutes to yourself only to miss them and long for them the second you do? Watching them grow is a similar process. When they were… Read More I Miss My Kids
Sleep and Lack Thereof: A Timeline
This morning, still bleary-eyed, I handed my 9-year-old daughter a $5 bill. She’s been asking me lately what she can do around the house to earn money. I had been brushing her off, as it was hard to think of little projects and chores for her beyond the daily norm. But then in a lightbulb… Read More Sleep and Lack Thereof: A Timeline
Chin Up
Life, lately, has not been easy. I’ve been moving slowly through a period of time that has been filled with a lot of loss and a lot of change. I keep waiting for life to feel normal again, to feel easy again. I want to find what I lost. I want the changes to be… Read More Chin Up
I Miss My Best Friend
“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” – Vicki Harrison Somehow, the one-year anniversary of the death of my best friend Julia is rapidly approaching in March. One year without texting her… Read More I Miss My Best Friend
Love in the Time of, Well, All of This
n a way, it was an excellent test of the Emergency Relationship System. Except we failed. In all the ways. So, I ended up a single parent during a pandemic while the world was appearing to crumble all around.… Read More Love in the Time of, Well, All of This
Reigniting My Romance With Reading
When I picked up my first book of the year, I was instantly in love with reading again. I remembered how good it feels to immerse yourself in another world. To allow yourself to be transported inside the mind of someone else… to take a moment in another life. It’s the same reason I love movies, but books take you a level deeper. Nothing better than being lost in a story.… Read More Reigniting My Romance With Reading
Mothering Through the College Years
It is beautiful and amazing and all the things we feel watching our little people grow into the best version of themselves. Then one day they are these amazing independent people, and they are off on their own, and don’t need to lean on us anymore or need us quite as much.… Read More Mothering Through the College Years
They Won’t Sleep In Your Bed Forever
Rest assured on the nights when you are lying awake as you ponder how such a tiny being can possibly take up an entire king size bed, that they won’t sleep in your bed forever. … Read More They Won’t Sleep In Your Bed Forever
Achievement Unlocked?
Every time my daughter gets sick, I unlock a new parenting achievement.… Read More Achievement Unlocked?
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