18 Years Went by In a Flash
If I close my eyes, I can conjure the feather-light weight of my newborn daughter. At under five pounds, my…
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If I close my eyes, I can conjure the feather-light weight of my newborn daughter. At under five pounds, my…
Continue ReadingTo my daughter’s best friend who we have known and loved since preschool, I love you like my own. To…
Continue ReadingNo one prepared me for the troubles of having two children going through middle school. I seemed to have forgotten…
Continue ReadingMy tween boy said he wanted to decorate his room for Christmas. He said, “You know how you used to…
Continue ReadingA girl with a noble character is hard to find. Her family can trust her. She sees things to be…
Continue ReadingThe moment I realized my daughter was my friend was her first college drop-off. Her tears displayed her love and…
Continue ReadingThe water shimmers atop the electric-blue pool. The clock blinks 94 degrees. It is July 10th weather showing off. A…
Continue ReadingBefore Pinterest, before social media, before anybody cared, my room during high school in the early 2000s was decorated with…
Continue ReadingSo much of parenting teens is just waiting around, whether it's in the car picking them up, reading in waiting…
Continue ReadingEvery year as the holidays near, a new batch of ads from virtually every business on the planet hits the…
Continue Reading“Hey Mom, can you straighten my hair?” she asks. I gladly oblige. Because it’s not often that she needs—or wants—my…
Continue ReadingI am middle-aged. I honestly don’t know how or when I got here, but it’s legit. It’s not just in the…
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