As My Children Grow, I Miss It All—Even the Sick Days
I whisk my daughter through the doors of urgent care and cradle her head as I stand behind three other…
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I whisk my daughter through the doors of urgent care and cradle her head as I stand behind three other…
Continue ReadingMany of us who live with autism are familiar with the comings and goings of the ticking time bomb—one that…
Continue ReadingMy kids are heavily involved in sports. My son plays for an elite basketball team and my daughter competes on…
Continue ReadingFrom the moment our children are born, other people make it challenging to stay in the present moment—they start asking…
Continue ReadingMath has always come easily to him. Even from the beginning stages when we counted wooden blocks on the living…
Continue ReadingI have four kids, and like most parents, I’m doing my best to give them a happy childhood, but we’re…
Continue ReadingI cried on your first day of kindergarten. Did you know that? I held it together through the getting ready…
Continue ReadingDear current self, You’ve heard a lot of mothers admonish you to slow down and enjoy every moment with your…
Continue ReadingI switched on the computer, adjusted my chair, then quickly swiveled back around again toward my husband, “Are you sure?…
Continue ReadingYesterday my boys (two and eight) were playing outside in our cul-de-sac—running, yelling, tackling each other . . . all…
Continue ReadingIt doesn’t matter how outgoing or funny or charismatic your kids might be, the possibility of uprooting their little lives…
Continue ReadingI have pivoted 180 degrees over the last few years on one major bone of contention in our household of…
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