If You Choose Not to Find Joy in Raising a Teenager, You Will Have Less Joy But the Same Amount of Teenager
Jack and I picked a crisp day to plop ourselves down on the ground in the front yard and plant…
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Jack and I picked a crisp day to plop ourselves down on the ground in the front yard and plant…
Continue ReadingMy daughter just finished her junior year of basketball. Number of varsity minutes played all year: very few. Number of…
Continue ReadingA viral challenge called the "Skull Breaker Challenge" that originated on TikTok is landing more and more kids in the…
Continue ReadingDo you ever feel like the rotting avocado on your counter? There it is. So promisingly fresh. So deceptively OK.…
Continue ReadingOf all the parenting hacks you’ll ever hear, this one is the most important. "LISTEN AND REPEAT." I didn’t make…
Continue ReadingWhen I found out I was pregnant and for a few years after, I devoured every parenting book I could…
Continue ReadingSo here’s the thing about parenting teenagers. It sort of makes us into liars. Like when someone asks how our…
Continue ReadingThirteen years ago, I gave birth to an old soul. We refer to our middle child as Grandma Lily. She’s…
Continue ReadingWhen you hear the words “human trafficking” what comes to mind? Do you understand how terrible it is, but still…
Continue ReadingMy freshman daughter came home from school yesterday and let me know that her teacher pulled her aside. “She wants…
Continue ReadingI stopped at the neighborhood grocery store for my quick mid-week stock-up. You know, just the essentials to get us…
Continue ReadingChristmas with my son isn’t what it used to be. You see, it used to be full of magic; full…
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