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How a New Book on Childhood Helped Soften the Rough Edges of 17
This Is 17 It was 2 a.m. on a Tuesday evening and I tried to lay still but my mind spun and heart raced. I was replaying a conversation I had had with my 17-year-old son earlier that evening. It was...
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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Being a Parent of an Athlete
I wrote a “slice of life” piece about my son’s baseball game last week but felt that it was important to include some personal background to give you some context for the story: Growing up, I was a...
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Being a Passenger on Your Child’s Bumper Car Ride to Adulthood
flickr.com/jeremygordon I knew that it was time to do the web search but I wasn’t quite ready. As I forced myself to type in the name of my chosen airline and begin the flight search, it hit me that I...
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“A Mother’s 17-Year-Old Secret” in Brain, Child Magazine
Parenting your teen inevitably stirs up a lot of memories of your own teen years. As you stare in awe at your 15-year-old driving a car for the first time, it can feel like yesterday that you first...
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The Aging Process— My New Mountain to Climb
My friend Dina and me hiking Pikes Peak “Show it who’s boss. No pain, no gain. Muscle through it. Just do It. Quitters never win” are some of the many messages that the majority of type-A, driven,...
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THE RISE AND FALL OF MY SKIP STEP
Back in the days of my skip step Maybe it is because my daughter just turned 20; maybe it is because my second child is a senior in high school and we are knee deep in college applications and college...
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Lingering More, Panicking Less—My True Test for the Next Three Weeks
Tis the season, for me anyway. I find fall to be, by far, the most transformative season: back to school, bracing for the MN winter, celebrating the high holidays, loaded with symbols of starting anew,...
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Not Yet 50, but Way Past 40-Something. What is 48 to Me?
There is a new trend in the blogging world. Blog posts and even books that mark moments or periods of time like, “This is Childhood,” “This is Adolescence,” and “This is (My) 39.” They make time stand...
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What Nobody Tells you about Your Child’s High School Senior Year
Although I already have been through senior year with one child, who is in her sophomore year in college, I think a bit of amnesia must have occurred (sort of like having a baby) as I find myself with...
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Spring Meltdowns and New Beginnings
My soon-to-be graduate Since late February when I had the honor of being a guest on Jordana Green’s radio show to tell my story as part of National Eating Disorders Week, I have been on a bit of a...
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Embracing My New Normal—A Half Full And Half Empty Nest
Is it normal that when I say goodbye, a huge chunk of myself leaves with you? Is it normal that I’m happy, thrilled, relieved, excited, depressed, sad, confused, conflicted, all at the same time? Is it...
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The Evolution of The Self-Care Solution
Two decades, three separate attempts, 10 zillion “I can’t”s, five zillion, “I/you never will” (a few of those coming from my beloved, well-intentioned children), and many of them coming from the...
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Rounding the Bend To 2016—Year of Book Release and Turning 50
As I celebrated turning 49 a few weeks ago and my 2016 resolutions are set and in motion (1: better time management and 2: better cooking), I found it interesting to look at my last year’s birthday...
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