While being plagued by inadequacy and insecurity.
Are We All Wrong About Men?
Is their pain too big for them, too?
Is their pain too big for them, too?
Another Problem With Asking for What You Need
…there is always risk that it’s impossible.
…there is always risk that it’s impossible.
Survivor’s Guilt and My Children
What a blender taught me.
What a blender taught me.
The Heartbreaking Truths About Love in Middle Age
I have a lot to figure out and not a lot of time to do it in.
I have a lot to figure out and not a lot of time to do it in.
Getting Dragged Down into the Dregs in a Divorce
Divorce can do it as nothing else can.
Divorce can do it as nothing else can
My Children’s Honesty Is Expensive
The high price of integrity.
The high price of integrity.
Motherhood as Rebellion
I guess I was a rebel after all…
I guess I was a rebel after all…
When His Needs Are Met
And yours aren’t…
And yours aren’t…
People Hate Their Teenagers, And I Think I Figured Out Why
To be a conscious parent requires that we look at ourselves, our weaknesses and fears, and use our strengths to overcome them.
To be a conscious parent requires that we look at ourselves, our weaknesses and fears, and use our strengths to overcome them.
I Hate Hating My Life
Reconciling the terrors of recovery.
Reconciling the terrors of recovery.
Surgery Day for My Daughter
Ready or not…here we go.
Ready or not…here we go.
Not Everyone Should Have Kids
It’s totally okay to opt out.
It’s totally okay to opt out.
The Man Who Came After
And taught me that what I wanted was too much.
And taught me that what I wanted was too much.
The Eye of the Storm
Day two of honoring my children.
Day two of honoring my children.
“I didn’t ask to be born.”
The wisdom of my sassy kid speaks again.
The wisdom of my sassy kid speaks again.















