When It Comes to Raising Young Adults, I’m Learning to Let Go and Trust God
My oldest son recently joined the Army National Guard, and he is preparing to leave for four months to go…
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My oldest son recently joined the Army National Guard, and he is preparing to leave for four months to go…
Continue ReadingEvery May, I wrestle with, what is for me, the most highly fraught holiday of the year—Mother’s Day. As I…
Continue ReadingI saw you in pain today. Not a physical pain, where I could hand you a Band-Aid or two Advil…
Continue ReadingSetting your babies free is not easy like a day at the beach. When they’re little, splashing joyfully on the…
Continue ReadingMy son took me out for a Coke on Friday. He’s gotten his learner’s permit, so he drove and navigated…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, You have made me a much better person lately but not in the usual ways. It was your…
Continue Reading“Hey, come here a minute,” I motioned to my 19-year-old son, Caleb. "I have a question for you." “What?" He…
Continue ReadingSisters, we don't have to be best friends. I still love you both. When I was five years old, sisters,…
Continue ReadingMy mother-in-law delivered this pan to our doorstep with a hot meal tucked inside. Pizza burgers, she called them, before…
Continue ReadingThere’s no shortage of memes and articles on the Internet about how simultaneously heartbreaking and gratifying it is for parents…
Continue ReadingI miss my mom. The things I miss about her surprise me. I miss how easily she put an elaborate…
Continue Reading“You need to stop this,” my mother said one evening when I called her in tears. “Join a book club,”…
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