I Am My Child’s Voice
Having my medically complex child changed me. For those who don’t know, I was an incredibly shy, quiet, and self-conscious…
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Having my medically complex child changed me. For those who don’t know, I was an incredibly shy, quiet, and self-conscious…
Continue ReadingI’m at this stage of parenting. You know, the one when I hardly catch their faces in photos anymore but…
Continue ReadingHow do I best mother my 22- and 27-year-old sons? Naturally, I will always be their mother; it’s a lifelong…
Continue ReadingThis weekend, our 15-year-old and 12-year-old played two different sports in two different tournaments at two different locations—at the same…
Continue ReadingWhen I became a mother, I had all these hopes and dreams for my children. And as they grew, those…
Continue ReadingMy son is 18 years old—still a teen and yet headed off to a life at college where he won’t…
Continue ReadingThere are a million things I wasn’t prepared for when I became a mom. It also seems like four years…
Continue ReadingI thought five hit me hard. You were going off to kindergarten that year. Each day you became a little…
Continue Reading“Mommy, watch,” you say, as you are making a silly face with your tongue sticking out. That one little phrase…
Continue ReadingI recently had coffee with a good friend who I don’t get to see very often. During our hour of…
Continue ReadingIt’s 6:03 a.m., and I’m awakened by the brightness of the kitchen light flooding our bedroom. In the kitchen, I…
Continue ReadingIt is my first time saying goodbye. Today brought conflicting emotions to the surface like a rising tide as it…
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