Mothering Grown Children Has Made Me a Quieter Mom
How do I best mother my 22- and 27-year-old sons? Naturally, I will always be their mother; it’s a lifelong…
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How do I best mother my 22- and 27-year-old sons? Naturally, I will always be their mother; it’s a lifelong…
Continue ReadingAs we’re ushering our daughters into the pseudo-adulthood of college, I’m a bubbling cauldron of emotions. Our oldest is finishing…
Continue ReadingWe’ve been through this before, so we know the waves of emotions that roll through us. When our kids graduate—be…
Continue ReadingIt was nothing as I pictured. Really. Nothing about it was how I thought it'd look, feel or be. I…
Continue ReadingI’m reaching the age where friends are becoming empty nesters. I see their heartfelt posts about leaving their youngest child…
Continue ReadingRecently, someone asked me as the mom of a senior about to graduate, “How are you preparing to let go?”…
Continue ReadingMemory ghosts dance in the periphery of my mind. Even though three weeks have passed since I dropped her off—my…
Continue ReadingThe first time I ever cooked Thanksgiving dinner on my own, my mom was several hundred miles away. I was…
Continue ReadingI have always been one of those people who want to do something: take a class in documentary filmmaking, make…
Continue ReadingTapping the “off” button on my iPhone, I ended the FaceTime with my daughter. Smiling to myself, I reflected on…
Continue ReadingMy husband and I have been married for 23 years and we have never spontaneously gone four hours away to…
Continue ReadingBetween video chats with our son stationed overseas, our daughter flits in and out our door from college while the…
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