I’ve always stood firmly in the direction of the future. Since I was a child, it was always about what’s next. I rarely, if ever, lamented about the past. I’ve carried that same attitude over […]
Tag: parents
Do the F*^#*@% Things: Learning to Relish What Really Matters
“Hey, look! Mom’s doing it!” My ten year old daughter shouted these two statements as I dove feet first into our local not-so-warm reservoir. The other children clamored to catch a better view. We are […]
Letting Go of the Rest: I’m Not Playing the Parental Shame Game Anymore
My four year old is a real jerk about 40% of the time. Yes, you read that correctly. I’m not ashamed to truth tell. I think this…all of this…needs to be said. On a recent […]
To Know A Mother’s Story
“But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all […]
Saluting the Singles Among Us
Today was busy. I realized as I finished cleaning the after-dinner-disaster-of-a-kitchen that I’d sat down on only three occasions between the hours of 6:30AM and nearly 9:30PM – to eat my three meals that day. […]
