No matter where I look, there’s an article about introverts versus extroverts. Just this morning, I read about how I, as an extrovert, am apparently affecting my kids (versus how the introvert parent affects...
The place of silent rituals in our daily lives: Her backpack is too heavy and keeps sliding down off her shoulders. It’s nearly the length of her entire body, or it seems this way as I...
This weekend, a man who grew up in our new-old house visited unexpectedly. My husband was outside working on the couple acres of lawn that the house sits on, up at the top of...
One of the most prominent ways that my ADHD surfaces as an adult is feeling easily overwhelmed. When I say overwhelmed, I mean at simple, everyday life-things, like a serious pile of dirty dishes,...
It happened somewhere between childish toddler legs and long thighs. I noticed—almost suddenly—the way you began to articulate your thoughts in a precise manner that was no longer babyish. More, you started using phrases...
You are no less special because you are second. Instead, it’s cliche-true that you completed our family. I look at your bright smile and feel compelled at gut-level to gently nuzzle you as you...
It’s easy to move through parenthood with a mental “to-do” list. To do: get child to school; feed, clothe, and bathe. To-do: pay bills, go for allergy shots, buy wine, get some sleep, exercise—in...
The light streams towards me through the front porch windows. The light is golden, and it highlights the yellow of the front porch’s ceiling, and the way that the white rocking chair’s back creates lined shadows,...
Mostly, I played outside with other kids from my neighborhood—it’s what we did in the early 80’s. Yes, there was a small group of kids that were the children of a group of...
I realize that I’m one of the lucky mothers who has the ability to send her daughter on the school bus or drive her myself. I know, too, that I’m fortunate that she is...
