When my husband and I first got married, we did not have a lot of nice things. We were young and poor. All our furniture was hand-me-downs and it was functional at best. We started saving money. Then, gradually started making a little more and...
She climbed in the car after school looking like she often does: Tired, victorious, brave. Middle school can take it out of you. She seemed a little quiet at first, and I wondered if she had eaten all of her lunch like I had instructed her to do, or...
My phone buzzes. It’s a text from my oldest. “Mom, we have to schedule my senior pictures?” And just like that, a wave of emotions hits me. How are we here already? In just three months, this school year will be over. Then we’ll have a three-month...
In Responsibility and Weight of the World, I shared the story about M, who was feeling distressed over our current state of the world, was seeking how to not feel so much, and ways to ease her physical and emotional symptoms. I am continuing her...
Everyone warned me what it would be like to become a grandma. “You will have never loved a person more.” “She will just bat her eyes and you will give her whatever she wants.” “There is nothing you will not do for her.” I knew this was most...
I love to people-watch. Some might call it being nosey. Whatevs. Recently during a lunch date with the hubs, the folks two tables over became a people-watching bonanza. It started when the man got up for a refill and I noticed the bold Canadian...
Have you ever looked at your siblings and thought, How are we even related? The firstborn is the responsible overachiever, the middle child is the laid-back peacekeeper, and the youngest? Well, they seem to get away with everything. Birth order...
Feeling like you hold the responsibility and the weight of the world on your shoulders? You are not alone. I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with a patient who came into our clinic for Chiropractic care. After her treatment, my husband, Dr...
I know there is quite a trend sweeping the nation for emotional support animals. The types of animals being claimed to give emotional support run the gamut. It’s kind of ridiculous. People are trying to get onto airplanes with alligators and rare...
The other day I got mad. BIG mad. The kind that had me calling two kids to the couch for a bit of an “awakening;” The kind they’ll probably tell stories about to their own kids. I’d already been frustrated all morning after taking in too much...