I Just Left a Piece of My Heart in a College Dorm
I saw Hoda Kotb today in New York about to start her third hour of The Today Show. I waved through the glass and she waved back! It was raining, but…
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Grown Children
I’ll Hold My Mother’s Hands as Long as I Can
These are the hands that held me as I took my first breaths. The hands that fed me and changed my diapers and rocked me to sleep at night. The hands…
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To My Dad Gone Too Soon: I Miss You
Dear Dad, Man, I miss you. It seems like just yesterday I was getting dressed up in my frilly dress to go on one of our infamous daddy-daughter…
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She’s My Mom, and She Did Her Best
It was a typical Thursday morning, but the gloomy clouds and drizzling rain poetically accompanied a nagging sadness that I tried to ignore as I went…
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Please Don’t Leave Me Yet, Mom
The sound of my phone startled me as I started down a dirt path in search of momentary solitude. I groaned, irritated by the interruption, pulling it…
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Dad, My Kids Are So Lucky To Have You As Their Grandpa
That twinkle in your eye. It’s always been my favorite. It was the thing I looked to for approval, humor, and reassurance as a daddy’s little…
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Goodbye to the House That Built Me
In the winter of 1985, while I was halfway done growing in my mom’s belly, my parents moved into a little brown 3 bedroom/1.5 bath that was…
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To the Dads Who Love Daughters
A note to the dads who love their daughters: I can only imagine what you felt when you first heard the words “it’s a girl”. Were you…
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To the Fatherless on Father’s Day
You don’t feel lucky to be in it. But, it is a club you have joined. Your dad died. Even worse, when you were young. And so was he. For those…
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A Dad is His Daughter’s Safe Place, Too
“Mothers are their children’s safe place.” I hear this all the time. I feel this way about my mom, and since I’ve become a mom, I know this…
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