Tag: life lessons

What does it mean to live in your home? Is it just the floor, the walls, the roof? And when you leave, does it...

I became a snowplow parent on a literal ski slope, and I still don’t think I should apologize for it. My son wanted to go...

This is what I know now: sixty is not for the faint of heart. I didn’t ease into it. I arrived here after years of...

For a long time, I thought kindness was the most important thing I could teach my kids about friendships. And it is important, but it...

I must have been told by my kids a thousand times, "You never admit when you are wrong! You never say you are sorry!"  I...

My kids have taught me a lot about myself that I didn’t previously know or acknowledge. I never before realized, for example, how much...

Picture It: Monday, 7:30 a.m. You're wrestling with your toddler to get his jacket, shoes, hat, and mittens on while keeping a close eye...

Sometimes clarity doesn’t come from trying harder, but from creating space. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how difficult it can be to hear ourselves think....

I'm not going to bore you by going on and on about all the ways motherhood has changed me. You won't hear me erupt...

Some of us had been counting down the days, waiting for a new year to come. While simultaneously, many of us had no clue...