“And now, my home has moved from parent culture to safety culture.”
Category Archives: parents
Firsts. Lasts. Mother’s Day
One of the themes I have tried to reinforce to my kids over the years is around the lifetime of “firsts” that awaits them. We all have different experiences but I know, for me, I often felt trapped as a teenager – physically and emotionally – with no real understanding of the greater world thatContinue reading “Firsts. Lasts. Mother’s Day”
Figuring it out
My son got his first college acceptance yesterday to the University of Pittsburgh. This was a well earned acceptance and he worked for every bit of it. Of course, I am incredibly proud and grateful for all the factors that helped smooth out any bumps – some of them large ones – along the wayContinue reading “Figuring it out”
Riding in Cars with Budding Adults
A world of people who feel good about themselves would be a much different place than the one we live in today.
I’m back (and squishier than before)
“..within each of us lies the ability to be cracked open a bit more regardless of whether we may consciously or unconsciously be willing to be an active participant.”
Feelings (whoa, whoa, whoa Feelings)
That is what love really is – when you are witnessing those you would die for just being in the moment and embracing the fleeting nature of it all.
Depression: the Reason vs the Lesson
I have to believe that I am here and at this point in this journey not necessarily for a reason but at least for a lesson. The two can be very different things. I can be passive about reason but with a lesson?
Lessons from a Soup Kitchen
Life is a journey for all of us but we have to be willing to open up the entire map (or scroll down the GPS to keep it relevant).
The Last Time
Be thankful that there will always be a last time, without which there would be no first times.
Open Heart (Surgery)
Nothing snaps you out of the self pity associated with job uncertainty, divorce, financial instability and overall restlessness like sitting 175 miles away in your home while you know the person who gave birth to you is on a ventilator while someone rewires her heart.