In my youth, I was a champion napper. The Queen of sleep in general, to be honest. Parenthood and perimenopause changed all that. About 10 years ago I lost my ability to nap. This was most alarming as a devoted napper. Despite my ability to not...
My most dramatic child, my baby, just had surgery to remove her wisdom teeth this week. We all knew it was about to be a whole thing. We talked about it in low tones, and looked to be sure she wasn’t listening before we whispered about it in the...
Sunday nights hit differently when you’re a parent. Not only do you feel that creeping sense of Monday dread, but if you have kids, you also have to manage their emotions, meltdowns about school, last-minute homework, and the general chaos of...
Dreams continued…. In “Real or Just a Dream,” I began the dreams conversation after hearing Sheri talk about them on the Monday, March 3rd radio show segment “Can you believe this?” Sheri said, “Woman, people who are big daydreamers, and...
On a recent vacation with my sister, I came to realize I may be nasty. I don’t feel like I’m nasty, but given the volume of clothes she brought and how much she did laundry, it made me reconsider this. I don’t do a lot of laundry. As a matter of...
There were multiple new girls that showed up to try out at soccer practice yesterday. Even if I hadn’t known they were the new ones, I could have recognized them by the way they stood on the sidelines with their big eyes, fiddling with their shirt...
“Here’s to strong women: May we know them. May we raise them. May we be them.” Rosa Parks. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Malala Yousafzai. Oprah Winfrey. Amelia Earhart. and My Mom. These are just a few of the countless women who have shaped...
Monday, March 03, 2025, I was listening to the Bob and Sheri show. In their segment,” Can You Believe This?” Sheri was asking the crew if they remembered their dreams. I was raising my hand saying. “All the time.” Since childhood, I have been a...
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...