This Time In the Passenger Seat is Precious
When you’re parenting preteens and teens, it sometimes feels like you are an unpaid Uber driver. It can be a…
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When you’re parenting preteens and teens, it sometimes feels like you are an unpaid Uber driver. It can be a…
Continue ReadingHe’s 13. I could stop there, and most parents would simply shake their heads, give me a look of sympathy,…
Continue ReadingA girl with a noble character is hard to find. Her family can trust her. She sees things to be…
Continue ReadingI wasn’t prepared for this time in our life together. I wasn’t given enough warning on how I would be…
Continue ReadingThere’s a scene in the movie Almost Famous where a writer is staring out the window of a bus contemplating…
Continue ReadingMy overstuffed mom purse bumps into elbows and racks as I shepherd another dress into the fitting room. Nothing is…
Continue ReadingMy son got a haircut today, and when he got up from the stylist’s chair I almost cried. The stylist…
Continue ReadingDear teenager, I know I give you a hard time for being on your phone so much. I know you…
Continue ReadingThe grocery store line edges forward and my daughter and I step in synch to the last of the blue…
Continue ReadingThirteen years ago, after two failed inductions (who knew you could be on Pitocin TWICE and still leave the hospital…
Continue ReadingI wish someone would have told me what raising a teenager was like. I wish someone told me there would…
Continue ReadingBeing a teenager is hard. Being a parent of a teenager is hard. But, did you ever stop to think…
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