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She’s Coming Home! What I Have Learned During my Daughter’s First Year of...
It’ that time…already. My daughter is coming home this weekend after finishing her freshman year at college. I am truly in awe of how quickly the year has gone and how much I have learned over this...
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Why I Had to Stop Posting Photos of My Kids on Facebook
This was no small task. Quite honestly, not posting pictures of my kids on social media has cramped my style a bit and has forced me to exercise a fair amount of restraint in this arena. To understand...
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How a New Book on Childhood Helped Soften the Rough Edges of 17
This Is 17 It was 2 a.m. on a Tuesday evening and I tried to lay still but my mind spun and heart raced. I was replaying a conversation I had had with my 17-year-old son earlier that evening. It was...
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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Being a Parent of an Athlete
I wrote a “slice of life” piece about my son’s baseball game last week but felt that it was important to include some personal background to give you some context for the story: Growing up, I was a...
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Being a Passenger on Your Child’s Bumper Car Ride to Adulthood
flickr.com/jeremygordon I knew that it was time to do the web search but I wasn’t quite ready. As I forced myself to type in the name of my chosen airline and begin the flight search, it hit me that I...
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“A Mother’s 17-Year-Old Secret” in Brain, Child Magazine
Parenting your teen inevitably stirs up a lot of memories of your own teen years. As you stare in awe at your 15-year-old driving a car for the first time, it can feel like yesterday that you first...
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The Aging Process— My New Mountain to Climb
My friend Dina and me hiking Pikes Peak “Show it who’s boss. No pain, no gain. Muscle through it. Just do It. Quitters never win” are some of the many messages that the majority of type-A, driven,...
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College Drop-off Year Two: Still Learning How to Say Goodbye
I kept it together this time. I really did. Soph and I busied ourselves with the typical back to college activities like combing every isle of Target and Whole Foods. We added some drama to the mix by...
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Lingering More, Panicking Less—My True Test for the Next Three Weeks
Tis the season, for me anyway. I find fall to be, by far, the most transformative season: back to school, bracing for the MN winter, celebrating the high holidays, loaded with symbols of starting anew,...
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Spring Meltdowns and New Beginnings
My soon-to-be graduate Since late February when I had the honor of being a guest on Jordana Green’s radio show to tell my story as part of National Eating Disorders Week, I have been on a bit of a...
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