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...
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...
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...
I'm So Tired
You know those adorable Mother’s Day fill-in-the-blanks that everyone was posting recently, asking kids questions about their moms?...
Two Lists
When I am having a rough day I listen to James Taylor. Don’t judge. It started my first year of graduate school, when I realized that...
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...
The Middle
My husband and I have decided to plant a garden this year. I have no clue about such things, so he is definitely taking the lead on this...
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...
