I was 15 and sitting in biology class. The vice principal’s voice came across the PA system and told us planes had crashed… Read more…
Twenty years ago
anxiety
Acknowledging what we’ve lost this past year
I was upset because my grandmother was gone, but it was more than that. I was grieving many things from the past year. Read more…
Back to school . . . in March?
We are finally allowing JB out of his pandemic bubble, and I’m not sure how to feel. Read more…
Dear JB, it’s been quite a year!
Do you remember where we were a year ago this week? I do. Read more…
Using milestones to measure our children and ourselves
From the moment they are born, our kids are literally measured against other children. Read more…
Monthly dose of awesome: October 2020
Hey, sometimes you’ve got to stick with comfort entertainment! Read more…
M is for mask, R is for resilience
Kids are so resilient! Why can’t we stay that way as adults? Read more…
This virus has changed everything
Take a moment to think about how crazy the things we’ve seen and done lately would seem even a month ago. Read more…
Where the heck have I been?
Everyone has baggage from before becoming parents; that doesn’t magically disappear when we become “Mom”. Read more…
‘The Boy Who Wiggled’
Apparently the round glasses weren’t “Harry Potter” enough, so last week JB decided to go for the lightning bolt scar on his forehead, as well. Read more…