Do You Need Anything? (Part One)
Several years ago, my life hit this perfect storm of hard-and-exhausting but not-quite-devastating events. Imagine the combination of a...
Babies, Bathwater, and Partial Solutions
I have a fantasy image of how my life should run. In this fantasy, I wake up early every morning to exercise and spend quiet time in...
When you see THAT parent. When you are THAT parent.
Last night I was scrolling Facebook and I read a post from someone I knew in high school. She had witnessed a child having a total, all...
The Ideal
I can remember being fresh out of grad school and sitting in a room with five other female therapists. They were all significantly older...
Chapters and Stories
I love to read. I love to read all sorts of things, but my very favorites are stories that grip me, that I cannot put down. Books with...
Last Week
Last week was heartbreaking. Last week had us crying for people we’ve never met, people whose lives we mourned and whose families we...
Practicing and Preaching
I have a fairly embarrassing story to share. Embarrassing might not actually be the right word. I have an unflattering story to share....
Light and Dark
The other day I had an interesting conversation with a friend about our goals for the summer. My friend wants to add more structure and...
When Joy and Pain Live Side by Side
Yesterday was Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day can be such a joyful holiday. There is so much beauty in honoring mothers, honoring those who...
When You're Not the Energizer Bunny
At the end of December, three days before Christmas, I took one of the biggest tests of my life. I had literally spent hundreds of hours...
