Month: April 2016
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how my dreams came true.
Do you know what that moment feels like when you realize that all your dreams have come true? I had this moment this morning when I went downstairs and saw this: An empty house and my daughter studying for her first university exam. (In fact, she is writing it now as I write this post.) Before […]
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a lesson in permission.
My sweet child turned 18 a few weeks ago. EIGHTEEN. Whoa. This post is about what she has taught me about boundaries and permission. (I know that every child is different but I want to share what I have learned about parenting this teen.) Back in December, my oldest daughter came home from her art gallery […]
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the art of the unsettled life.
I don’t like that word – unsettled. But that’s all I have felt this month which is why I haven’t written here in awhile. I have about a dozen drafts of stories about my trip but my mind keeps jumping too far ahead into the future to really be here to reflect on our awesome […]