To My Daughter at 9
OK, dear daughter. Bring it in. Time for a halftime pep talk. Soon, you’ll be turning 9. I know. I…
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OK, dear daughter. Bring it in. Time for a halftime pep talk. Soon, you’ll be turning 9. I know. I…
Continue Reading"Mom, I think I need new roller blades. I have a blister on my toe,” my youngest daughter told me…
Continue ReadingI watch as she bounds down the stairs in her pink and white polka-dotted footed pajamas. Her bed-head hair is…
Continue Reading"I wish I would have known she was depressed. I mean, she didn't look like it." These are the words…
Continue ReadingI noticed my daughter was acting odd when she returned from the grocery store with family friends, but I did…
Continue ReadingI didn't think I would still be this tired. I remember when my kids were young and 7:30 p.m. would never come. After a…
Continue ReadingDear Ms. Coulter: I know it’s been a rough few days for you, having to sit with the commoners and…
Continue ReadingRecently I was sitting in a conversation with a few girlfriends when the topic of cell phones came up. It’s…
Continue ReadingI am tired before I even open my eyes. My body is an anchor to the bed and disengaging from…
Continue ReadingWhen my daughter was in fourth grade, I received an email from another mother. “I just wanted to say how…
Continue ReadingMy hands wrap tighter around the steering wheel of the silver minivan, and I feel my body steel like armor,…
Continue ReadingMy 11-year-old daughter walks through the door and crumbles in front of me. Through waves of tears, she explains she…
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