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As I sat patiently waiting for the meeting to begin, a friend who knows both my children asked, “Which one is your favorite? I mean, I know I’m my mom’s favorite, but every parent has a favorite, right?” His question didn’t surprise me because my children have asked it too. It usually comes after a […]
It’s amazing the difference a day, or a few days for that matter, can make in my skewed perception. “I’m not happy.” I said sternly before we put the kids to bed. I said it to him, to myself, and it was about how I was feeling in that moment, not an assessment of my […]
There are many days in my married life where I don’t share a single genuine or meaningful thought with the man I am married to. Most of those days are the days we are “grinding”. The days that we go to work filled with what the world expects from us and prepared to deliver. And […]
Hi Friends, I’m having a tough time with this and I hope you can help me. As I do the following: Listen to incessant talking. Drive the children from one very important practice to another. Rush to fix dinner. Rush to clean up dinner. Complete homework. Aid in studying for tests. Supervise screen time, shower […]
Dear Friends, of all the things I hoped and wished for in my life, simple was not on my list. As a young girl I wanted a loving life where I felt seen and heard. As a teenager I wanted a fun-filled life filled with excitement and adventure. As a twenty something I wanted an […]
We are home now from our two-week vacation at the Jersey shore. All of us, my husband, two children, and I, understand what an amazing privilege it was to have the ways and means to stop, relax, and reset. And yet, the reset for the children has been a bigger challenge than I imagined. Here […]
Maybe the best I can hope for is for my children to experience the happiness I longed for as a child. Maybe my kindest and truest want will be for them to walk through this life without the biases I was brought up with, the layers of conditioned learning of what was right and what […]
Hi Friends! I have two children. Two amazing, intelligent, loving, caring, and kind children. And yet, in some areas they couldn’t be anymore different. When a new challenge is presented to the two of them, my daughter is strong-willed and confident while my son is tentative and afraid of failure. And every time this scenario […]
Dear Friends, Don’t let anyone – including that little voice in your head – tell you that your life should be any different than it is. Of course your life isn’t perfect, and there are many things you want that you don’t have, but that is true for everyone. The way out of feeling bad […]
Hi Friends! I have been giving a lot of thought to loss. In fact, I have been living within the painful cycle of grief since my father passed away on January 30, 2021. I’ve been wondering, how can I remember him without being sad all the time? And, believe me, I am okay with being […]