If You Just Don’t Feel Quite At Home
e did it. We downsized. And if I just ignore the island of boxes where the coffee table ought to be, I like our charming new space. So why do I feel so profoundly sad? I took Marie Kondo's advice and...
Mindfulness for Dummies … and New Empty-Nesters
ecently I retired as a full-time mommy. In fact, I’m thinking of donating my crown to the Museum of Natural Hilarity 😉 . Our youngest still occupies a bedroom. But as a working girl and college...
The Untold Story: Yours and Mine
glint of gold caught my eye, something shiny tucked down in the shag carpet of our guest room-slash-office. Aha! A thin necklace belonging to our oldest daughter (the married one), proof that for...
When It’s Time to Build an Altar
t's half past seven on her last morning of high school. Our raven-haired woman-girl, who the good Lord brought through fiery trial, will graduate with her peers after all. Today when she bolts across our...
3 Tips for Softer Eggs and Unscrambled Children
aising kids is as simple, or as hard, as cooking perfect eggs. When Sean was five he said he'd take a raincheck on my scrambled eggs until I could make them like Grandma Doris. Hers were soft. Moist....
Sunny with a Chance of Tears
he only thing I was (consciously) grieving when I left town was that I'd forgotten my precious. My iPhone, that is. Don't get me wrong; I relish being disconnected. But with five errands to run on a...
