Hold Both
Yesterday was Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day is a profoundly complex holiday. It can be such a wonderful, significant, special day, a day...
Help Me!
The other day we were driving in the car and the Beatles song “Help!” came on. Help me if you can I’m feeling down, And I do appreciate...
No Quick Fix
By Lauren Shaw, Ph.D. When I lived in Tennessee, there was a Taco Bell that I used to stop at on my way home from night classes. I...
You're Not Alone
By Lauren Shaw, PhD Someone got into my van the other day, looked around and observed, “This is a mess.” To which I could only agree. ...
I'm Sorry
By Lauren Shaw, Ph.D. Have you ever watched two kids get in trouble and be forced to apologize to one another? They look at the sky, at...
We're All Learning
By Lauren Shaw, PhD Last week I was having one of the mornings. Those mornings where everyone is up early and the noises aren’t exactly...
The Inner Monologue
By Lauren Shaw, PhD Not long ago I was emailing back and forth with a dear friend who lives far away. We were writing each other every...
Without Apology
By Lauren Shaw, Ph.D. I am pretty sure that I cried every day for most of my first year of graduate school. Well, maybe I took off a few...
