I missed my flight today. It’s for a trip I have been looking forward to, but somehow I just had my timing all wrong.
Just a Writer Who Moms
Category: Parenting
I am a writer with older children. As they’ve grown, I’ve shifted how and when I write about them. But what now?
This is the paradox of parenting. I’ve raised them to be secure enough to forge their own paths, while I enter my empty nest phase.
The world judges all the time. But perhaps in motherhood failures we are truly finding how to succeed at raising good and healthy kids.
My son discovered James Dashner’s series, The Maze Runner, a year or two ago. He’s been reading the books — interspersed with his other favorites,…
On December 14, 2012, our quiet community was shattered by horrific violence. My son was among the survivors at Sandy Hook School. Amid my shock…
My kids are both in elementary school, which means they need colored pencils, crayons, scissors and more to do their nightly homework. However, it’s so…