The Magic of Christmas Doesn’t Go Away When Your Kids Are Teens—It Just Gets Better
I’ve been told the holiday magic changes as our kids get older. I suppose this is true. “Santa stops visiting,”…
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I’ve been told the holiday magic changes as our kids get older. I suppose this is true. “Santa stops visiting,”…
Continue ReadingFor the past few days, I’ve been roaming around the house seeing the clutter. The piles. The mess. The extra.…
Continue ReadingI think back on your toddler years when we lived in the big city and how when you fell on…
Continue ReadingToday, I received a text from my daughter. “I didn’t make the show. I thought I had a great audition…
Continue Reading“Mom, I’m not going trick-or-treating this year, so I won’t need a Halloween costume,” my 12-year-old said to me last…
Continue ReadingDear Mom: We’ve spent 17 years together, so where do I start? I know raising me hasn’t been a graceful…
Continue ReadingMy daughter is 13. It’s a tough age for any child, but her situation is complicated by her ever-shifting feelings…
Continue ReadingFamilies, like people, evolve. Nothing stays the same, and I suppose that’s a good thing. It’s nice when change occurs…
Continue ReadingFor years I was in the trenches of motherhood. My firstborn needed to feel my touch. If he didn't, he…
Continue ReadingAnd then there were five. Five measly years left with you. How could that ever be enough? How could five…
Continue ReadingIt seemed the moment the pregnancy test showed a positive result, the loads of advice from well-meaning parents appeared as…
Continue ReadingI bit my lip as I watched my nervous 15-year-old son walk around the outside of the log-cabin-like restaurant, searching…
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