Celebrating with a full heart I feel like I am the worst mom in the world. I know I’m not, yet I can’t shake the feeling that I am. I don’t beat my kids or deprive them of food. I don’t scream or swear much or say derogatory words. They…

Weird Things Happen When You Age One of the joys of getting older is having weird things happen to your body. I mean, hair goes gray, spots show up on you skin, and things sag that were once supple and full of life. Though I’ve had the pleasure of looking…

Why I Hate Being Kind — I will admit that when I was younger, meaning an adolescent, I was likely not the kindest person on the planet. Teenage years are hard. I know I had more than a few moments of being self-absorbed. I’m sure there were times I was borderline cocky, not because I thought…

A hug and a kiss to my babies There is nothing easy about parenting. Not one thing. I have two kids with special needs. They are high functioning in many ways and not in many others. I love them, but they don’t sleep…much. When they were very little, I rocked…

Time with your children is an investment not to be missed My daughter is 10. She is bright, active and overall, a fairly happy kid. However, just a few short years ago, that wasn’t the case. She faced multiple traumas by age 6 and had 8 ACEs (adverse childhood experiences)…

My home isn’t a home, but a place… I have been doing great the last three weeks writing at least 10 minutes a day. I usually have a ton of ideas. Somewhere I have a journal of my ideas, but for some reason today I could not find it. As…

Don’t Blink-Time Waits for No One Last night was New Year’s Eve. While many people my age were out with family or friends, I was quietly reflecting on where I was 12 years ago. It was New Year’s Eve 2009, and my nine-month-old son was recovering from brain surgery. A…

You can’t control what happened to you, but you can reframe how you view it Let’s face it, life is hard. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you came from, how much money was around you, how healthy you are, who you love or who loved you. Life happened…

Sometimes I’ve got to laugh, hopefully you will too The pandemic has changed my life a bit. Instead of wild and crazy mornings with getting my kids onto their school busses and me frantically scurrying about to get ready for work, I can enjoy a few moments of pulling myself…