In my early twenties, as a young mother, I thought I knew everything and I had strong opinions about other people doing things the “wrong” way. My vast knowledge came from reading self-help books and taking a couple of psychology classes at a community college. I’ll also throw my religion Continue Reading

  Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. — Sophia Loren This could easily be the longest segment in my life. In fact, the shortest would be all the things I might have done right, and even those things are in question.  In fact, we Continue Reading

Cam was 12 years old and said, “hey mom, you gotta sec?” Sabrina, who was about 6, said, “of course she does, mom has lots of secs.” If only that were true…but time is fleeting, fickle even. Who really knows how much of it we have? I remember being about Continue Reading

When we are in the throes of the hardest situations, it is challenging to see a way through. Some obstacles seem insurmountable, but I truly believe there is a light at the end of every dark tunnel. The real challenge is finding it. Again, we have no control of all Continue Reading

One of the rituals at our house has been the way we say goodbye when someone is leaving. We always say “goodbye” and “I love you” but I have always said, “remember who you are!” At first, my children thought this was a bit of a joke, as if I Continue Reading

Life happens. Shit happens. Good things and bad things happen in this world and we don’t have control over most of them. It can feel overwhelming. As children, we have no control over most of what happens to us. Parents choose. They decide for us what to wear, what to Continue Reading

Abby was between 2 and 3 years old and had gone outside with Sabrina for the first snowfall of the year. Sabrina was recording on her phone the snow falling all around in the darkness and then you hear Abby’s little voice gasp with excitement, “the SNOWFLAKES are SNOW!”  She Continue Reading

 On one particularly beautiful morning, my sweet 4-year-old daughter, Maygan, sauntered up to the kitchen, placed her hand purposefully on the counter next to her father and clearly stated, “dad, I want some mother-f@#king pancakes.” Kevin, who never swears even though he has been in the military for 20 plus Continue Reading

Nobody can really prepare you for the challenges of being a mom. Anybody who ever tried was lying; not intentionally lying perhaps, but lying nonetheless. When you finally dare tell people you are expecting, they act happy for you; in fairness, they probably are (unless, like in my case, the Continue Reading