With summer vacation in full swing, I decided a little cathartic decluttering was in order. I walked through the kitchen scooping up some papers that had been sitting…
The minutes on the hospital clock dwindled as I swaddled my infant daughter one last time before she was permanently placed in the arms of her adoptive family.…
It’s no secret our world is hurting fierce. Violence, oppression, pain, loss, suffering. I don’t think a day passes without a new headline. A new blow. My heart…
The Pacific Northwest is home to many things: Orca whales, eight different species of salmon, and, of course, the original Starbucks. You may not know this about us,…
As parents, there’s a certain level of hypocrisy we get to exercise (lord?) over our kids. “Do as I say, not as I do” applies to numerous situations.…
I know you see me, even though you pretend not to, every time you open the cabinet and grab that other bottle. Stupid Lysol. The guy won’t shut…
The French have an expression, Je suis bien dans ma peau. It means, “I am comfortable in my own skin.” It speaks to confidence, but not only confidence.…
My son goes faint if he doesn’t eat every hour on the hour. And it can’t just be any food. He needs goldfish or granola bars or other…
I think it’s fair to say no one has spent more time with their kids the last couple of months than a mom in lock down with her…
I’m not one of those women who dreamed about “doing nothing” in an empty nest. Truth be told, in some ways I’d been doing nothing for 15 years…