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My Daughter is Becoming My Friend

“Mom,” my daughter says to get my attention while I work busily in the kitchen. My eyes look up at her and my throat catches. In my mind, I…

It’s a funny moment that happens for women. Almost like a whole new birth. This time around, a more mature person is being brought forth though,…

Years of little were spent with a request every morning from my girl, “Mommy, can you do two ponies?” I’d pull her hair to each side, tie it up…

Dear daughter, Right now, you’re young and tell me everything. I have a behind-the-scenes, front-row seat, backstage pass into all things…

Here’s to the kids who were supposed to get their braces off after two long years, and now have to wait a few more months. Here’s to the…

Dear big kids, I love having you home. But I wish you didn’t have to be here. I wish you could be where you thought you’d be or where you want to…

Do you ever feel like the rotting avocado on your counter? There it is. So promisingly fresh. So deceptively OK. Until it’s taco Tuesday and what…

When the kids are at school, sometimes the silence echoes off the walls. Usually, I relish in it because I’m able to get more work done. But there…

I stopped at the neighborhood grocery store for my quick mid-week stock-up. You know, just the essentials to get us through until the weekend when I…

This past weekend, our plans fell through. We were supposed to meet up with a group of friends, but after waking to a text chain notifying us that…