Dear Teen As I Let You Go
Right now you’re hard. You bury yourself away. I know it’s mostly to escape your siblings. It feels like you’re…
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Right now you’re hard. You bury yourself away. I know it’s mostly to escape your siblings. It feels like you’re…
Continue ReadingThis one right here. I almost broke her spirit. So alike that we butt heads like two rams fighting for…
Continue ReadingMost people only do middle school once. I’m sitting happily in year 15. I spent three years of my young…
Continue ReadingHey, sweetie . . . it's mom. I’ve been feeling a little unsettled lately. Not just "life is crazy and…
Continue ReadingI probably took a million pictures of her . . . just this year. Or was it just this month.…
Continue ReadingShe's watching me. She's watching the way I react to the news about the pandemic. She's watching how I interact…
Continue ReadingOne thing that you never get away from when raising daughters is talking about mean girls. I have watched my…
Continue ReadingA few months ago at church, two friends asked me how it was going with my daughter, and I didn’t…
Continue ReadingI've been kicked out of the dressing room. How did this happen? A month ago, I was helping you try…
Continue ReadingThe shift was slow and subtle. First, you pulled away slightly as I put my arm around you walking out…
Continue ReadingDear daughter at 14, It seems impossible that you are 14 years old. How did we get here so fast?…
Continue ReadingDear Teenager: I know how you feel. You may think I do not. I am your mother—a relic from another…
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