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...
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...