Tag Archives: Mothering Well

Sunday afternoon. It's sort of a mandatory rest time for everyone in our family. While the house sits briefly still, I reheat a cup of coffee, grab my notebook, a pen and our calendar. As I...

When our first child was born, we learned that she had Down syndrome. We entered a period of what I have taken to calling “dramatic hard stuff,” a time of emotional and spiritual transform...

Whatever season of motherhood we’re walking through, we can’t do it alone.  We need each other and, quite frankly, we make each other better. I know I’ve ...

When I think about marriage, there are definitely a few things I wish I had known before walking down the aisle to say “I do.” After becoming a wife I have had to learn the hard way of how...

The summers of my youth were different from those of today.  For one thing, we never, ever took a family vacation.  I never even thought to ask for one.  We didn’t have the money ...

I love summer.  I love the sun and the fun and the freedom that comes with these months when school is out, recreation is in, and outdoor opportunities abound.  But I also have a confession....

I sat perched on a stool in the kitchen while my husband finished up dinner.  As he stirred the food, I asked him again and again, if he was sure it was okay for me to leave and go to the gym. He...

The birth of our first child catapulted us into a world that I have taken to calling “dramatic hard stuff.” This is the world of hospitals and grief, of loss and fear, of other people feel...

When I was a little girl, my dad told me I should be a lawyer. It was nothing more than an off-the-cuff remark, but from that moment on, I determined I was going to law school. As a kid I would watch ...

Between graduation festivities, college acceptance letters, and the rising thermometer, spring is an incredibly exciting time for high school seniors. But just behind that exhilaration can be a fair a...