I see a world where we continually define ourselves by the way in which we are divided. Our family moved to Chandler, Arizona from Los Angeles 18 years ago. We found a nice house we could almost afford in a safe neighborhood. My husband and I had two small daughters…
Just For Today
Maybe just for today we can find a way to offer hope just by being open to someone else’s walk through humanity. In my opinion, this is vitally important because now more than ever, Americans seem to rise up through tragedy just too often to keep going on. Jane, a…
How To Change The World
On October 1, 2017, Steven Paddock had a psychotic break in Las Vegas and unleashed a string of bullets onto unsuspecting country music fans across the street from his hotel. No one saw it coming and no one knows why. Our world seems lost and out of control. Ten years…
My Name is Mom, Not God
This is the same story as told in: “It’s Been Five Days Since You Left, But We’re Still Here and You’re Not and It Is So Quiet.” But, I sought help from Kevin McGeehan and this is how it evolved. I just wanted to put it out into the world…
No Promises
I have time to write at the moment. I read through previous blog posts so I don’t repeat myself – too much. I came across this piece and thought it might be worth re-visiting. It is now edited a little and it comes with a question: Is there anyone else…
5 A’s and a C
5 A’s and a C. Her grades for the final semester of her freshman year in college. 6 classes. All of them academic with deep, theoretical, thought provoking concepts. Well except for 1 unit of modern dance. For which she ran in circles and rolled on the floor to achieve…
First Semester and All is Well That Ends Well
We’re getting the college student back from her first semester abroad in the wilds of Tucson, AZ. She got some good grades, bought some life experiences, joyfully declared her major and is ecstatically confident about the choice to be a Rehabilitation major working directly with students who have special needs…
Wanna Have Lunch?
Food for the comfort of the mother’s soul. Just a little follow up to my previous post. Broke down and called the-daughter-who-has-now-had-five-days-of-college-life. “Are you coming home for the weekend?” “I don’t think so.” “Wanna have lunch then? I’ll come there?” “Sure!” And off we drove – the parents, the little…
It’s Been Five Days Since You Left for College and We’re Still Here, But You’re Not and It Is So Quiet
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Soooo…my 18-year-old daughter moved out last Thursday…The daughter who graduated with high honors and was voted “Best Personality” of her senior class. The first child. The test kid. The experiment in parenting. The first heart to leave the house for longer than just a week…
To Talia on Her 17th Birthday
While on vacation in California this July, I received a text from the youngest daughter, Talia, announcing that a dog had been rescued and was living with the two teenage daughters currently at home alone. In this text from the youngest daughter was a long list of why said dog…