The Magic of Christmas Doesn’t Go Away When Your Kids Are Teens—It Just Gets Better
I’ve been told the holiday magic changes as our kids get older. I suppose this is true. “Santa stops visiting,”…
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I’ve been told the holiday magic changes as our kids get older. I suppose this is true. “Santa stops visiting,”…
Continue ReadingFor the past few days, I’ve been roaming around the house seeing the clutter. The piles. The mess. The extra.…
Continue ReadingToday, I received a text from my daughter. “I didn’t make the show. I thought I had a great audition…
Continue ReadingFamilies, like people, evolve. Nothing stays the same, and I suppose that’s a good thing. It’s nice when change occurs…
Continue ReadingFor years I was in the trenches of motherhood. My firstborn needed to feel my touch. If he didn't, he…
Continue ReadingI bit my lip as I watched my nervous 15-year-old son walk around the outside of the log-cabin-like restaurant, searching…
Continue ReadingBecause there hasn't really been any news about schools lately (are you picking up my sarcasm??), the teens of TikTok…
Continue ReadingFor the adolescents in my nest, everything seems too big. There is no context or perspective, only borderless heartache and…
Continue ReadingThey are only one year apart. They share the same parents, same rules, same chores, and same days, yet their…
Continue ReadingThese two teens are my favorite people on the planet. Always were, always will be. I will take them in…
Continue ReadingMy dear daughter, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we are not best friends. I know I have told you…
Continue Reading“Hey, Mom,” she said from the backseat, “now I’m over halfway there!” We were a few minutes in to our…
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