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...
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...
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...
When the Super Bowl comes, I’m usually just there for the snacks and the commercials. I don’t really care much about the game. It’s always the same old not understanding how three minutes can feel THAT long, the same old three hour long scowl on my...
It’s been a lonely feeling week. Actually, decade, really. I find myself wanting to bang my head about the complexity of things: The rips in the country, the pain of so many people, the fires and blizzards and hurricanes, all the while I’m still...
Everything has made me cry today; Things I’ve read, things I’ve thought, the general state of the world. My youngest daughter, Paige, is now sick with whatever I’ve had for days, and she is, possibly, the world’s hardest to handle sick patient. ...
Last week I took my 16 year old, Tessa, to have an emissions test run on the new-to-her car our friend had so generously passed this way. She gets her license in less than two weeks. These “adulting” experiences are all new to her. I can see reality...
Today, after a month of grey and rain, the sun peeked out over the green hills. I drove the length of road home from dropping my youngest off at school for the first day following her Christmas break, and the sight of everything so different...
I’m sure I’m not the only mom that has been laying awake at night A Beautiful Mind-ing all their Christmas plans; The last one up to turn off the lights, and feed the cats, and wash the dishes in the sink, not the only one going to bed exhausted...
Our tree-getting expedition has gotten progressively less Instagram-worthy over the years. We used to take the girls way out into the gorgeous Glen Ellen mountains when they were small. It was a 45 minute drive through vineyards and foggy hills...