My Dad Didn’t Give Me the Love I Needed Because He Couldn’t
I remember the dread each year as mid-June approached. Father’s Day was coming, and the people-pleaser in me that sought…
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I remember the dread each year as mid-June approached. Father’s Day was coming, and the people-pleaser in me that sought…
Continue Reading“Gray divorce” is a term that refers to divorce in couples over 50 years old. There are plenty of reasons…
Continue ReadingI assumed I’d have turnkey kids. In my mind, I was a turnkey kid. I survived the toddler stage, complied…
Continue ReadingI have about 40 or more saved voicemail messages in my phone from my mom and dad, (mostly my mom…
Continue ReadingSometimes I get mad when I rearrange my work schedule so I can make it to my son’s high school…
Continue ReadingI lost my dad at the beginning of the summer. The last time I saw him, my daughter and I…
Continue Reading“No one’s perfect,” I think. I’m mopping up my overspilled anger like the remnants of an erupted chocolate volcano that…
Continue ReadingHow does one mend fences when the intended recipient is too stubborn to make peace? Is it OK to admit…
Continue Reading“No, you’re not going,” said my father, the stinging sternness in his voice only supplanted by his sharp, hard stare.…
Continue ReadingTwo years ago, my parents sold my childhood home. Two years ago, I said goodbye to the house where I…
Continue ReadingMy parents have been making life easier for me my whole life. And given the chance, I intend to do…
Continue ReadingIn the 1980s and 1990s, my mom and dad were my Sunday school teachers at different and repeated times throughout…
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