These Sacred Middle Years
They tell you it flies by. They tell you to savor it. But in the thick of sleepless nights and…
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They tell you it flies by. They tell you to savor it. But in the thick of sleepless nights and…
Continue ReadingMy oldest son, you are entering new corners of the world. Corners in which I am not allowed to enter…
Continue ReadingI was 12 the first time I fell in love. His name was Keith. We were in seventh grade together…
Continue ReadingIf you are the mother of a teenage boy, you need to hear this one. Your child loves you. I…
Continue ReadingI’ve been in some scary places in my lifetime. But hands down one of the scariest places I’ve ever been…
Continue ReadingYour door is always closed, never exposing your feelings to me. I ask questions you don’t want to answer—I worry…
Continue ReadingNo one prepares you for the first Christmas your last baby doesn’t believe anymore. You’ll look at the elves and…
Continue ReadingI’ve been told the holiday magic changes as our kids get older. I suppose this is true. “Santa stops visiting,”…
Continue ReadingFor the past few days, I’ve been roaming around the house seeing the clutter. The piles. The mess. The extra.…
Continue ReadingFor some reason, when our girls hit the tween and teen years, gifting suddenly gets tricky. We want to give…
Continue Reading“It’s sort of like having a little taste of war, here,” my son says on the way to the airport.…
Continue ReadingEditor's Note: *This is a tongue-in-cheek post about raising teens because this is hard I have no idea why people…
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