Daily Thoughts
Who I Am
I got together with a friend for dinner this evening and as we were saying our goodbyes, she said something profound, something that resonated deeply with me. She said, I’m so glad I’m a mom. I don’t know who I’d be if I weren’t. Being a parent has shaped who I am....
The Examined Life
In the seven days since I told myself I was going to shift this project to fewer entries, I have discovered that the process of showing up here each day truly was about something I need to do. I learned it’s not only writing about the things I love about my teenagers...
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Have you ever been involved in an intense conversation, maybe a passionate conversation, the kind where you spend a little more time in your own thoughts preparing what you want to say next? You are so involved in crafting a response to something that was said you may...
Anticipation, Excitement, Happiness & Joy
Perhaps one of the best parts of parenting is when you are able to participate in the pure joy your child experiences, especially when your child happens to be a teenager. There are many cool aspects of parenting, and there are likely as many or maybe more challenges...
Courage Abounds Even When We Can’t See It
I think the hardest thing for us to see in ourselves is our courage. Not only are we hard pressed to recognize any sense of bravery in ourselves, but we also find it difficult to believe any words about our fearlessness from others, whether friend or parent or...
Good Intentions Are Unreliable
There’s an expression, a popular proverb, whose origins are unknown but a form of it appears in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. The original proverb says, the road to hell is paved with good intentions and the Ecclesiastes verse reads, the way of sinners is...
Their Deeply Treasured Beauty
There are days when I don’t start these posts until it is much later than I planned or anticipated. Life, as the saying goes, sometimes gets in between us and our plans. Even so, despite my 17 year old suggesting it would be okay to skip a day, I settle myself in...
Fierce & Fearless Despite Anxiety
It’s Birthday Eve Day for the 14 year old and of course that means I am considering all the ways life has changed over the years for us and for the 14 year old. The ways our youngest has navigated through the years, shedding her childhood and morphing into a teenager....
That Quiet Time of Day
There is a time as a parent when you become acutely aware of the quiet, but instead of it inspiring you to relax, it spurs you to investigate as if you are Sherlock Holmes himself. You know what I’m talking about, especially if you have been the parent of young...