Tag Archives: parenthood

Dear Daughter: On a recent weekend, I sat down for a minute on the couch and started browsing social media. That’s when you looked over from watching TV (which you had been doing for at least an hour) and said, “Mom! You are so LAZY! It’s almost dinner time! What …

We all strive to be the best parents we can be. What does “the best parents we can be” really mean, though? It’s easy to want to compare ourselves to friends or family who have been through the early stages of parenthood before, but how many of us take the time …

Earlier this week, my husband and I were taking a mental checkout break to delve into the world of Stranger Things 2. I was engrossed in Hawkins, Indiana world, when I realized I was 2.5 episodes deep and hadn’t heard from either child of mine. Were they still in the …

When I was a freshman high school girl, I used to watch this senior boy during practice on the track and field. He was a pole vaulter. If you’ve never seen a person in real life,  not on TV while watching the Olympics, but in person, pole vault, it is …

My daughter’s school is adjacent to a park. Often, to avoid the school drop-off traffic and to get a few extra, quiet moments with her on the way to school (not to mention getting a few extra steps for my Fitbit), I’ll drive to the park instead, and we’ll walk …

Are we too sensitive? Or not sensitive enough?  You’d think that these questions would never occur in the same space – but it’s something that is on my mind often. It seems someone is offended by every type of lifestyle, comment, and interaction. And there’s a reason that “you can’t …

I stayed up thinking about this post for several nights now. Crazy, yes. I have been afraid to write this blog because I want it to be perfect. I want it to capture parenthood, and what it means to me, perfectly. I want to show outsiders what makes us so …