Before I had children, I made certain vows to myself about what kind of parent I would be. This exercise stretched as far back as my teenage years when I knew for certain that I had the wherewithal to be an absolutely perfect mother. Given my vast personal experience at having parents – and long [...]
Last year, I was pleasantly surprised when Noah, as an eighth grader, wanted to go out for the track team. As a former athlete, I carry with me a strong sense of the value that comes with participating in a sport. But both Noah and Chase have historically chosen to spend most of their extracurricular [...]
“Everything works out in the end. If it hasn’t worked out, it’s not the end.” – Unknown As you might imagine, I have been swimming in sea of anxiety for the last several months. I don’t do particularly well with unfinished business, much less circumstances in which I have no control. And since the beginning [...]
I had expected the worst and was not disappointed. My surgery 10 days ago to remove a cyst in my jaw was successful in all of its gory awfulness. As I awoke from the anesthesia with ice on my face and drooling blood in a not-so-hip-vampire-way, a nurse placed my glasses on my nose so [...]
