Tag Archives: Mothering Well

Kind of like a cruel joke treasure hunt.   My car failed emissions and the mechanic did $350 of repairs.  My four-year-old Zoe and I had gone from office to office, appointment to appoi...

I teach writing for a living and one of the best-known lessons of writing is to ‘write what you know,’ which is a funny thing because that’s the main writing lesson I break. I never ...

Last week my littlest came across our wedding album for the first time. She was captivated as she carefully turned each page and studied each photograph. She took it to bed with her and flipped throug...

My mom got a lot of things wrong in her parenting techniques (don’t we all?).  But, one thing she grasped early on was the fact that she could not be everything to us.  And so, she did...

My 19-year-old middle daughter Katie had been alive this time last month, and now she was gone—struck down by a ruptured cerebral aneurysm just a month after completing her freshman year of coll...

Moms, remember just a couple of months ago when the kids started back to school and life seemed chaotic? I was thinking how in my house it feels like we have just reached a routine and daily chaos has...

My daughter sat on the floor with her dresser drawers open, surrounded by fabric casualties. She repeated the phrase that so many of us utter in the early morning hours--'I don't have anything to wear...

It starts early, doesn't it dear momma. The feelings of guilt and the pang in your chest of "if only." You see your friends and what they are doing for their children for Christmas. You see the catalo...

During my early to mid-twenties, I found myself in a strained relationship with one of the most important people in my life, my mom. It was hard and awkward and painful. For both of us. The combinatio...

Can I just take a moment to say how disappointed I am?    Tonight, my heart is sad. My heart is heavy. For my friends who are moms, for my family who are moms, for my l...