Tag Archives: Relationships

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 hung up the phone with the nurse and walked out of the room, numbness spreading out from my heart to my fingers.  I wasn’t pregnant, and this was the end of the line.  There would be...

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...

Abraham Lincoln, Einstein, Johnny Depp and Tina Turner.  These were a few of the names that people mentioned when we were asked an ice breaker question in a large group meeting last week. &#...

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 ...

I live in Washington State.  To be more precise, the western side of Washington where the saying goes: “We Don’t Tan, We Rust.” Yes, we are famous for our rain. ...

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...

I haven’t been watching my grandkids now for about 6 months…boo hoo.  Now that I’m getting away from having such little ones around me every day, sometimes I forget what it is ...

My not-quite-two-year-old daughter stepped on the scale the other day. She giggled, looked down at the number, and stepped off. She was totally unaware of what she was doing, other than copying someth...

She was crabby.  Again.  She was always crabby.  My heart sunk in my chest as I ordered my coffee.  She made me feel like I had done something wrong every time I approached her cou...