parenting

I’ve mentioned the book Mao’s Last Dancer a few times before. It’s one of the reasons I think I kept getting nudged to start a sister’s podcast (planning to launch this summer…more on that HERE), inspired by the power of a memoir to make you think. But I have never…

I have been struggling to feel the Christmas Spirit a little bit this year. And then I found it. It curled around me on Sunday in the middle of our Christmas church service. It wasn’t the music, per se, although it was beautiful and gave me the perfect palate to…

(affiliate links included only for things I believe whole-heartedly in!) You guys, I’m going to sound like a little old lady when I say this, but what in Heaven’s name is going on with teenagers today!?? Ok, honestly and truthfully, I am a pendulum, because sometimes I think they are…

Parenting adult kids is such an interesting journey. Because it’s like parenting takes on a whole new brand when you shift to adult parenting. You’re still the parent, of course, and you still want to support and love, but it’s a hands-off kind of a deal. And why is that…

Can you see those little almost-rubbed-off letters on those fingers up there? There was a night a few weeks ago where this girl needed a pretty serious pick-me-up. Sometimes high school transitions aren’t a walk in the park. Especially when you want with all your heart to be independent but…

3 tips for making teenagers like you Ha! These tips work wonders for making your unruly, eye-rolly teenagers like you. …until they don’t. Because sometimes, you know what? They won’t. And that’s ok. I think having teenagers is like being on a roller coaster. There are definite highs and lows,…

Speaking of the “ripple effects” of grandparenting and parenting (yesterday), Dave’s dad (who’s birthday it is today…happy birthday Papa!!) has given he and his siblings the gift of beautiful skiing. Now, I’m not talking about the get-down-the-mountain type of skiing. No. They way Dave’s family skis is almost like a…

I know I’ve probably mentioned this ten billion times before, but one of Dave and my favorite quotes is “You’ll find what you’re looking for.” Whether bad or good, you can find it. In anyone. In anything. This comes up on a continual basis. With parenting, with each other, with…

It’s been a tough couple parenting weeks in these parts over here in the desert. Oh boy. As I said in my Instagram #givethanks post a couple days ago, when the going gets tough, the depth of gratitude I have for the parents who raised me and Dave overwhelms me.…

Back when Lucy and I were in the hospital for her back surgery (HERE), the world spinning around her after her surgery, wanting to cling on to something solid and safe and good to get her mind off of the pain, she asked me to tell her a “Mirror Land”…