They Are the Rory to My Lorelai

If you’ve ever watched an episode of Gilmore Girls, or maybe binged entire seasons at a time like me, you’ve probably noticed the relationship Lorelai Gilmore has with her daughter, Rory. They are like peas in a pod, best friends, travel buddies, and even a bit of a...

They See Me

Let’s face it. We all have hard days, the kinds of days that require more from us that we feel we have the capacity with which or the ability to provide or pour out into those we love. Most of the time, we show up and give, supplying what we can, even when it is more...

They Are My Cream & Sugar

365 Reasons I Love My Teenagers I am a long-standing coffee drinker; and what I mean by that is that I’ve been drinking coffee for so long now I don’t actually recall when I had that first cup of coffee (note to self, that is something I definitely want to recollect...
They’re My Home

They’re My Home

As I begin today’s words, it occurs to me that perhaps there isn’t always something specific I want to talk about when it comes to the reasons I love my teenagers. Maybe that’s because there are days, like today, when I realize quite simply that when I spend time with...
They’re My Home

They’ve Got the Write Stuff

Like so many teenagers, sometimes our girls will disappear into their rooms and we won’t see them for a few hours. It can almost seem like we don’t have kids at all when they squirrel themselves away in their upstairs spaces. And, actually, with our youngest, there...