Daily Thoughts
I Can Read Their Anger
Can you remember the first book that made you cry? Perhaps one that caused you to laugh uproariously when you were alone (Confederacy of Dunces, a book one really should read aloud with a friend or spouse)? Or one that really incited your anger (To Kill a...
They’ve Got the Dish on Me
Let’s talk turkey about being a stay-at-home parent, shall we? It’s not quite so glamorous as those 1950s television shows led me to believe. Okay, nothing led me to believe staying at home as an unschooling homeschooling mom would be glamorous. Even so, it’s not a...
They Till the Soil
With the busyness and To Do lists we curate and cultivate, life can seem an awful lot like a race with little room to pause, explore, or experience the moments of our days. And if every day is little more than a mad dash, our hearts can become a little more frayed and...
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
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’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...
They Can Be Critical
As our children grow up, we get to bear witness to the ways they change and develop and begin to engage with the world around them. As we walk alongside them on their learning journey, we may also be privy to their critical ways—their critical thinking ways, that is....