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This year you left me. Well, okay, you didn’t really leave, per-se, but part of you has gone. You’ve crossed…
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This year you left me. Well, okay, you didn’t really leave, per-se, but part of you has gone. You’ve crossed…
Continue ReadingAs the mother of two teenagers, I have done my fair share of head shaking. Baggy pants, brightly colored…
Continue ReadingWe are a night shift family. In our 20’s, we both worked nights. As a nurse, sometimes I saw my…
Continue ReadingIn 7 days I will be the mother of a teenager. A teenager. Say what?!? It's not that I've been…
Continue ReadingSave me, I'm drowning! There is water filling up my boat and I'm sinking fast. The waves of parenting are…
Continue ReadingI keep thinking about this young man, a typical teenager, 15-years-old, 16 maybe. He sat in a group with the…
Continue ReadingI am a mom of boys. All boys. Raising three sons is a work in progress. They’re 16, 14, and…
Continue ReadingI am not my daughter. I know this, and yet I lay my own teenage fears and insecurities on her,…
Continue ReadingBeing a parent is something that almost takes you by surprise. One minute, you’re a carefree adult, willing and able…
Continue ReadingHow about a little throwback? While watching White Christmas and It's A Wonderful Life are at the top of my…
Continue ReadingWe danced—all of us. I don't remember who I went to homecoming with most years of high school; it didn't…
Continue ReadingMy husband and I are having a tough time with our kids, lately. They are hurting each other and us, emotionally. I…
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