Nov 18, 2014 |
The last couple of years have been hard ones. I’ve been let go of by people who I thought were close friends, and have had to re-imagine my idea of community, letting go of communities that no longer matched my values or supported my family, and creating community in...
Nov 13, 2014 |
“Have you heard about the woman who confronted a mother about her tantruming child in a line at a California department store and was clocked by the mother?” I’ve heard some version of this questions asked a gazillion times over the past few days. The media has...
Nov 4, 2014 |
I’m guessing I’m not the only parent who, from time to time, finds him or herself in a certain situation and thinks, “Wow! This is not what I imagined my life would look like!” The other day my oldest had a couple of friends over, and the five boys were out front...
Oct 28, 2014 |
Sorry if I’ve offended you by calling you “guys”. “Guys” has become a gender-neutral term in my lexicon. I guess it’s a rollover from my home life with all the guys… A client of mine once told me that she’d read a ton of...
Aug 26, 2014 |
Everyday something happens that inspires me to continue to support parents. Today 16-year-old “Jen” crashed into a FedEx truck in front of my house and then, as she got out of the car, took two steps and fell flat on her face onto my neighbor’s asphalt driveway. I’ll...