Thoughts to help me process the tragedy of the Texas Hill Country 2025 Flood

Happy Mother’s Day 2025 to those who celebrate it.

“A ship in a harbor is safe. But that’s not what ships are built for.” — John A. Shedd

At the end of the day, each of us is just trying to get through the day. We are all trying to be normal.

After fifteen years of driving minivans, I am passing the baton to the next generation.

Like trees in a storm, there’s only so much people can take before they snap.

For mental health awareness, we can start by naming the emotions that come for our children.

What are we saying to our children without any words at all?

From toddlers to teens, when what I want for my teens conflicts with what they want, either they or I will be tantruming.

To keep the peace and fit in, we all wear masks.

Lots of lessons learned when one person believes enough to make a group of kids into a team.

Well, parents, apparently we survived another May.

I’ve come to see the yelling parents at sports games as a metaphor for the messages we give in the game of life.

When my path crosses with others, sometimes It takes so little to do so much.

Part of staying sane in parenthood is remembering how it felt to be in the developmental stage they are in.

Whatever you try this year, just keep dancin’ until you’re not stiff anymore.

It’s a strange ritual, but I can understand why my dogs roll in the family laundry.

Having our kids handle what they can is an important life skill. But they can’t handle everything every day.

As our kids test boundaries, there will be days that they win, and days that we win.

Happy Mother’s Day 2022

Some days I am the dumper, and some days I am the receiver of an emotional dump.

Images of children and families in wartime elicit universal parental anguish.

To the parents of young children, one day you’ll be ugly crying, too.

Calmly riding the roller coaster of our kids’ emotions until they learn to ride alone.

Learning to forgive ourselves when our kids have already forgiven us.

It takes a village to raise kids, but kids deserve a village, too.