Are We There Yet?

When I was a kid, summer vacations were definitely a thing, and by vacation, I’m talking about the family vacation where you loaded up the family car and took to the road heading for somewhere new and that might include fun kid-focused activities, like maybe an...

Listen for the Voices

Sometimes, as a neurodivergent person, I can become fixated on a thing (some may say obsessed with, and I’d be okay with that because, well, it’s accurate). Right now, my fixation is the Camino de Santiago and the sacred journey it provides those who choose to hike...

Learning vs. Schooling

It’s that time of year, the time of year when school-aged kids of all ages anticipate the countdown to freedom and echoes of the refrain of that popular childhood song ring out: No more pencils / no more books / no more teachers’ dirty looks / when the teacher rings...

Lend Me Your Ear

When I was in high school, I remember having to memorize certain things for my English class, at least two of them being lengthy passages from the Bard himself, William Shakespeare. If pressed, there is no way I could recite them now. That being said, I do recall the...

Life’s Sacred Moments

When our girls were babies, we spent a good amount of time getting them to sleep (neither were great sleepers when they were little), and maybe that’s why we also spent a good amount of time watching them as they slept. Sure, there were the typical parent-related...

The Lives We Tend

Like many folks, our family bought pumpkins last October as part of our fall tradition. We typically buy smaller ones that we can use inside on a tabletop or, in the case of our oldest teen, on a bookshelf in her room (alongside her 80s musician Funko Pop collection)....