Tag: Contributor Confessions
An Open Letter to My Daughter on Her Fifth Birthday
Dear Avery,
Today on your fifth birthday I have lots of thoughts and emotions running through my mind. You are my firstborn. The one who...
Found in December :: Second Chances, Zip Lining, and Other Magical...
There's magic hidden in December.
The leftovers from a year of wishing, finding refuge among an assortment of discarded big plans and several breaded things.
And...
Changing the Sheets
Less than an hour ago I held you for the last time. I felt your tears roll down my neck as you pressed your...
It’s the End of the Decade. EVERYONE PANIC
The decade meme
It started out innocently enough. Someone on Twitter sent a tweet noting that the 20-teens were almost at an end and prompting...
Happy Thanksgiving?:: When You Struggle with an Attitude of Gratitude
November is my favorite month of the year:: the start of, hopefully, blessedly cool days like today, my son's birthday, my birthday, and one...
Learning to Appreciate All of the Pictures
I sent my teen-aged daughter the proofs of pictures that were taken as she accepted her diploma during her recent graduation ceremony. I asked...
My Children Have the World’s Okayest Grandparents
Growing up, I never got to experience what it was like to have grandparents. I remember watching the joy on a classmate's face when...
Finding Value in Myself and Others:: Tackling Imposter Syndrome
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
As a kid, I shrank at this question. My chest would tighten; I knew what...
Mothering my Mother:: Coming to Terms with Reversed Roles
She's beautiful, my mom. Her happiness when she is able to catch it, is breathtaking. She loved my birthday. It very well could have...
Confessions of a Former Bully :: What I Want My Kid...
This is not an easy topic for any parent to even think about, but it has increasingly become one we must speak on nonetheless....