He’s Right in Front of Me, But Sometimes I Miss My Son
One day last week, I brought my teenager a surprise. A whopper with cheese and a large Dr. Pepper to…
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One day last week, I brought my teenager a surprise. A whopper with cheese and a large Dr. Pepper to…
Continue ReadingFirst, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for all the tears. I didn't know how soon they'd start but they've already begun…
Continue ReadingI grew up in a small town and I still live outside that small town. My high school was not…
Continue ReadingA few months ago at church, two friends asked me how it was going with my daughter, and I didn’t…
Continue ReadingI expected the sighs and the eye-rolls and the closed bedroom doors. After all, I was a teenager once, too,…
Continue ReadingThis is 15. 15 is early mornings at school and late-night studying. 15 is sleeping in any chance she gets…
Continue ReadingBeing irrelevant to my teenager daughter sounds amusing and inconsequential. Becoming irrelevant is different. It’s heartbreaking. The agonizing process of losing…
Continue ReadingEach school night, somewhere between 8:30 and 9 pm, my three teenagers begrudgingly leave their phones on what I lovingly…
Continue ReadingI slept on my teenage daughter's bedroom floor last night. It wasn't a slumber party. It was just all I…
Continue ReadingBehold the 14-year-old. Starting to spread her wings. Starting to turn her gaze outward from the walls of this house…
Continue ReadingNo one can be as fickle as an adolescent girl, which can make gift-giving tricky. This guide has something for…
Continue ReadingI can remember when I received a bag of hand-me-downs from a friend whose little girl had outgrown her size…
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