These Sacred Middle Years
They tell you it flies by. They tell you to savor it. But in the thick of sleepless nights and…
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They tell you it flies by. They tell you to savor it. But in the thick of sleepless nights and…
Continue ReadingI was 12 the first time I fell in love. His name was Keith. We were in seventh grade together…
Continue ReadingOne night, my husband was out at a meeting. I cleaned up after dinner, started the dishwasher, swept the floor,…
Continue ReadingIt was the eve of her ninth birthday, and she dropped the bomb on me, “Hey, Mom, did you know…
Continue Reading“Mom, I’m not going trick-or-treating this year, so I won’t need a Halloween costume,” my 12-year-old said to me last…
Continue ReadingMy daughter is 13. It’s a tough age for any child, but her situation is complicated by her ever-shifting feelings…
Continue ReadingThey said don’t blink, but I didn’t understand. And before we knew it, you filled up two full hands. On…
Continue ReadingI will tell you that it was just yesterday that my daughter was born. My brain recalls with such clarity the…
Continue ReadingIt seemed the moment the pregnancy test showed a positive result, the loads of advice from well-meaning parents appeared as…
Continue ReadingMy children frequently take my breath away, whether with their beauty (because, oh, my, these children are beautiful, aren’t they?)…
Continue ReadingWhen my daughter was 10, every time I told her she had a beautiful voice, she’d shrug and say, “I…
Continue ReadingIt's waaay into swimsuit season, and as a 43-year-old mom of three, I've got my issues with swimsuit season. A…
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