A Mother Knows Each Year That Passes is One More Closer To Goodbye
“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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“Hey, Mom,” she said from the backseat, “now I’m over halfway there!” We were a few minutes in to our…
Continue ReadingI’m not sure why no one ever talks about it, but parenting older kids feels lonely sometimes. It’s the weirdest…
Continue ReadingI teach middle school. I know all the current slang, but I can’t pull it off. I know the names…
Continue ReadingWe are all worn thin. Life is a lot to deal with right now. We know it will eventually get…
Continue ReadingIt's no secret pandemic life has been hard on teenagers. In my home, I've got two teens (and a 10-year-old)…
Continue ReadingWhen you’re a kid everything in life seems so much bigger. They don’t grasp yet how incredibly small everything is…
Continue ReadingYesterday, I sat at my dining room table across from my 16-year-old, watching him wrap a Christmas present. I indulged…
Continue ReadingSo here's the thing . . . You can love your kids with your whole heart and sometimes they will…
Continue ReadingYou’ve been waiting for this day for quite a few years now, and although you are almost 12, I cannot…
Continue ReadingMy 13-year-old daughter just got a phone in August, and we have it pretty well locked down so that she…
Continue ReadingI have three kids, ages 12, 11, and 9. None of them have a phone, but they claim all of…
Continue Reading“Mom, you suck the fun out of everything!” shouted my 13-year-old daughter behind her closed bedroom door. Is this the…
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