On Saying Goodbye and Other New Beginnings
Two kids. Two promotional ceremonies in two days. By the end of last week, I was the proud mother of a middle schooler and a high school student. Kids are growing up over here, people. It’s...
View ArticleThe End of An Era
To read my blog, you’d think that’s all I ever do is say goodbye. My last grandmother left this world last Friday. It’s hitting me profoundly. My. last. grandparent. When you don’t have grandparents,...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing Hope
I’ve been in a little cave over here, without many words. Do you know that place? The only things that make sense are simple. Like making oatmeal in the morning. Or taking your time to really scrub the...
View ArticleThe Hope Jar
I’m overwhelmed. It’s a feeling I know well, many times it comes because of too many tasks or too much emotion. In this case, I am overwhelmed by all the hope and kindness — by Jen’s sweet declaration...
View ArticleLight the Darkness
I was nursing my baby, standing in the kitchen, watching the little television a neighbor had lent me to get through the early days of life with a newborn and an undiagnosed case of postpartum...
View ArticleIn Case You’re Really Hoping Things Can Change
Go ahead fill in the blank. Oh, in my family, everyone thinks I’m _______________________ , but I don’t really see myself that way. Yeah, I never got to do _______________________ . I guess it just...
View ArticleMutual Weirdness and Other Love Stories
I can’t stop watching this video. If I didn’t know these two personally, I would not believe they could possibly be this honest, this sweet or this devoted, but they are. So much, so ridiculously much....
View ArticleWhat Happens When It Storms
Today is not just another day for someone living in the central islands of the Philippines. Instead, it’s another day that a mother waits in desperation for news of a missing a child or another watches...
View ArticleIf Your Parents Don’t Get You: An Experiment
Some of you are going into a warzone today. Others a wasteland. For many it will be more like an arcade where all the games are fixed and the outcomes already determined. A few of you will feel like...
View ArticleIn Case You’re Tired of Feeling Low About Mother’s Day
Here we are. Again. Eating our Mother’s Day brunches. Browsing last minute grocery store cards. Wondering how we got here, back again to this holiday that dredges up so much and leaves us too often...
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