I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me Raising a Teen Was This Hard—And This Beautiful
I wish someone would have told me what raising a teenager was like. I wish someone told me there would…
Continue ReadingI wish someone would have told me what raising a teenager was like. I wish someone told me there would…
Continue ReadingI am going to let you in on a little secret. I’ve been struggling. I’ve been in a deep, dark…
Continue ReadingJust wait, young moms. Just wait until your babies and toddlers and preschoolers and young children grow up and turn…
Continue ReadingWhen your son turns 17, he will start researching the acceptance rate to NYU, Penn State, and Temple University. Tell…
Continue ReadingI let my 15-year-old daughter get a tattoo, and no, I don't care what anybody has to say about it.…
Continue ReadingMy 15-year-old son has spent every second of his free time during this pandemic hanging out online, playing video games…
Continue ReadingAnxiety and depression are quarantined with me. They’ve lived in my home for several years. But now. This pandemic. This…
Continue ReadingThey'll never say, "I'm glad my last orchestra concert was a Zoom meeting instead." They'll never say, "A car parade…
Continue ReadingMy oldest son just entered the teen years and started high school this year. This was really tough for me…
Continue ReadingCharles Dickens' words certainly resonated with me this year during last year's surge of graduations. My oldest son graduated with…
Continue ReadingAt age seven, my family moved into a dairy-farm house built in the early 1900s. And, while the house still…
Continue ReadingTo our kids, We want to talk to you about distance learning. Not to criticize, instead, to tell you—we see…
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