I Wasn’t Built for Raising Teens but I Was Made to Be Their Mom
When my kids were little, I was always looking to the next phase—when I’m done nursing, when they sleep through…
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When my kids were little, I was always looking to the next phase—when I’m done nursing, when they sleep through…
Continue Reading“Thanks for being kind to me,” a teenager tells me at the fast food restaurant window as he hands me…
Continue ReadingIt’s a sunny Tuesday afternoon, I pull up to the yellow curb and hear the flag jangling against the pole.…
Continue ReadingThe start of your child’s senior year in high school feels like you’re about to begin the last chapter of…
Continue ReadingWe dropped our firstborn son off at college two weeks ago. It may as well have been two years ago…
Continue ReadingThis summer, every morning at 6:45 am sharp, my youngest son corralled me out the door so that he would…
Continue ReadingI live with a tween and a teen. The last of their baby canines and molars are falling out faster…
Continue ReadingKids grow up and move out. But while some people might look forward to an empty nest, I am not…
Continue ReadingSometime during my first pregnancy, my doctor handed me a folder containing a wealth of information. In it was a…
Continue ReadingI knew this was coming. From the very first moment the doctor said, "It's a girl!" I knew I'd have…
Continue ReadingToday as I walked up my driveway with the daily stack of college flyers that never stop coming, I had…
Continue ReadingIt’s the little things, seemingly inconsequential tasks, that suddenly lead to bigger revelations. My youngest son is 15, and during…
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