Having a baby at 31 is a far cry from having a baby at 21. Especially when it’s your 5th baby in 10 years. You’re near-death tired, you’re jaded by a decade of mothering, you’ve been there and done that. Multiple times. First kids get their parents’ best energy and worst parenting. Everything is a […]
Every February, after the groundhog does or doesn’t see his shadow, after the Valentines are distributed and devoured, a dark cloud descends, uninvited, upon my world. Regardless of what the groundhog has said. For me, mid-February always means at least 6 more weeks of winter. Since 2010, the middle of February through May 15 is […]
When I was 17, I developed an enormous crush on my friend’s brother. He was 20 and blonde tipped and superfine. I noticed him noticing me, but like I said: I was 17. He was TWENTY. In the magic 8 ball of potential romance, signs pointed to no. But the Lord works in mysterious ways. […]
I’m completely unqualified to be the mother of a 17-year-old girl. Woman really. At 40, I’m barely learning what it means to be a woman myself. But motherhood demands all of you. Whether you’re whole or not, qualified or not, ready or not. The mystery of the mother-daughter relationship is an ancient one. What makes […]