The Shape Shifting of Parenting

When my girls were very young, they were almost always in my line of sight. Whether they were reading or watching a movie (at the time it tended to be on one of our laptop screens) or playing, they were within glancing-up-at-them distance. I don’t know if they were as...

Doing the Right Thing—for Themselves

There is a popular meme that circles social media from time to time regarding making plans to attend and event or get together with friends on one day, usually when you’re feeling energetic and ready to take on the world, and, then, on the day of the actual event, the...

Head in the Clouds

When I wake up in the morning, the sun shines through the curtains in our living room, the window that reminds me of being at the beach with a window looking out on the ocean. And, yet, despite the brightness of the day’s beginning, by the time it’s time for me to...

I Love What I See

As I settled into write this afternoon a young man asked me if I was working from this office location that is where I hang out waiting on one of my girls. He was curious and asked me several questions about my job and what I did. I told him I am the mama to the 17...

Love in Scrambled Thoughts

There are days I sit down at these keys and I wait. Wait for the idea to come into focus. Wait for the words to crystalize and begin to flow from my brain to my fingers and to the page. Wait for things to come together the way they usually do. I suppose I am spoiled...