I’m So Lucky to Have Parents Like Mine
I was reminded recently that not everyone has parents like mine. I’ve always known it in theory, but seeing it…
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I was reminded recently that not everyone has parents like mine. I’ve always known it in theory, but seeing it…
Continue ReadingI’m not a lazy mom, but you might think I am. Our culture seems to praise anxiety and perfectionism-induced performance,…
Continue ReadingI have about 40 or more saved voicemail messages in my phone from my mom and dad, (mostly my mom…
Continue ReadingShe has my eyes and his smile, my gentle touch and his playfulness. She talks like me, laughs like him.…
Continue ReadingFor Christmas, Mom and Dad gave each of my sisters and me a note with a pan of frozen lasagna.…
Continue ReadingDear kids not yet parents, You may feel much of the story of your parents through the ways they raise…
Continue ReadingIt was the perfect summer evening in Cape Cod. We were on vacation and dining al fresco. A cool breeze…
Continue ReadingI tell everyone that our family is the best; in fact, I once shouted it from the rooftop! We laughed…
Continue ReadingYou know they say you can’t go home again. I always assumed my parents would have our childhood home forever.…
Continue ReadingTwo years ago, my parents sold my childhood home. Two years ago, I said goodbye to the house where I…
Continue ReadingIn a single day recently, I found out my dad had been admitted to the hospital and my mom had…
Continue ReadingWe could have lost them on three different occasions. To a lengthy battle with breast cancer. To a life-altering, health…
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