I’m Getting Used To the Middle Part of Parenting
One night, my husband was out at a meeting. I cleaned up after dinner, started the dishwasher, swept the floor,…
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One night, my husband was out at a meeting. I cleaned up after dinner, started the dishwasher, swept the floor,…
Continue ReadingFor the adolescents in my nest, everything seems too big. There is no context or perspective, only borderless heartache and…
Continue ReadingIn less than two weeks, my oldest son will be a fifth-grader and my youngest son will excitedly enter the…
Continue ReadingGuys, I think I made it. Finally made it to that small window of time I’ve heard parents talk about…
Continue ReadingI love looking at my children. I always have. I remember rocking them, holding them just so I could look…
Continue ReadingI’m not sure why no one ever talks about it, but parenting older kids feels lonely sometimes. It’s the weirdest…
Continue ReadingTonight my husband and I started decorating for Christmas. It’s different now. We slowly put up the tree these days,…
Continue ReadingSometimes scrolling social media feels like I’m upstream in an oversaturated sea of moms with young children without a paddle.…
Continue ReadingI don’t want to get married. After living alone for so many years, I can't fathom the concept of having…
Continue ReadingHey, sweetie . . . it's mom. I’ve been feeling a little unsettled lately. Not just "life is crazy and…
Continue ReadingThere’s a unique ache that lives in the heart of a woman who knows she is meant to be a…
Continue ReadingNext autumn, all three of my babies will be in school—all day, every day. Mindless people ask, “What will you…
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