May We Give Our Kids a Foundation of Love, Then Watch Them Soar
I knew when my first child left home for college that I would miss him—his smile, his hugs, cooking out…
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I knew when my first child left home for college that I would miss him—his smile, his hugs, cooking out…
Continue ReadingI picked up the phone to call my dad the other day. I was thinking about my car insurance bill,…
Continue ReadingI remember the first time my father mentioned her. It was autumn, less than a year after my mother had…
Continue ReadingIt was time for the annual semi-dreaded first day of school picture for my two youngest boys who are now…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, After we welcomed my first baby—my daughter, your first grandchild—into the world, I was so overwhelmed with sudden…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, It feels weird to be in my forties and still say I need you. But I do. Your…
Continue Reading“Kids are messy.” I remember my mother telling me that, long ago when I was pregnant with my first daughter, and…
Continue ReadingWhen my mother called me last September, I was surprised by how easily I still recognized the sound of her…
Continue Reading“We should get a tattoo, Mom.” I laughed. I knew it was just my younger daughter, Sarah’s way of getting…
Continue ReadingI used to tuck love notes into her Miss Kitty lunchbox. I already wrote the “mushy one” that took me…
Continue ReadingFifty! The big 5-0! I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I just turned 50 and…
Continue ReadingThe other day I was making dinner when my son walked in, surprising us with a long weekend home from…
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