I have always loved summer. Other people may not love the heat or the beaches, but I always have. Summer breaks? Let’s just say we’ve had a rough start… my very first summer break after my very first year of school started with me getting chicken pox (something you can…
When I was a brand new mommy I was told the newborn stage was the hardest stage of parenthood. All those sleepless nights, and those aching breasts from nursing, and the recovery from all the miserable things that can happen during childbirth. As my kids got older I was warned…
I’ve opened up this page to write a note for the blog a dozen times or more over the past few weeks. I have a dozen drafts of catch-up letters, thoughts on a year in quarantine, and random pieces of fluff. Honestly, what I’ve been doing is quietly screaming in…
Several weeks ago I reached about to my friend, J.C. Nelson, whose children are slightly older than my own as I looked for advice on what to do with my teenager who is struggling to decide what to do after high school. J.C. sent a beautiful insight about crows, and…