Check in With Your People – A Lesson Learned in Tough Times
I was 26 years old when I gave birth to our first daughter. She was born a week late and weighed in […]
Heavy Feelings and Lite Clam Chowder
My phone was blowing up with emails yesterday. Maybe yours was, too. Updates about closures and cancellations flooded my inbox. So when […]
Giving Up the Driver’s Seat
In 2010 we traded in our Honda Accord for a new, roomier SUV. The Honda Pilot was an easy sell. It’s still […]
Encouragement for Living Life in an Instagram World
The headline immediately stole my attention. On November 9th, news broke that Instagram will be removing the “like” feature from posts for […]
No Costume Required
It’s early November 1984 in Abilene, Texas. I’m 7 years old and just coming down from the excitement that Halloween dished out […]
Speaking Your Teen’s Language
There have been so many moments as a parent that I have to sit back and laugh at the irony of it […]
Grieving Their Childhood
I was headed home on my morning walk when the white feathers against the green grass caught my eye. Two baby birds […]
In The Waiting
We’ve all been there. Those moments of waiting. Waiting in the doctor’s office, waiting to check out at Target, or waiting in […]
Encouragement for Your Middle School Girl
I’ve nearly reached the glorious stage of parenting where I no longer have a middle schooler. Middle school is that time in […]
Following Your Dreams
Dreams are funny things. My 15 year old daughter recently explained to me that she had read an article about dreams (no […]