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March 11, 2021
How Old Are Children When You Stop Wondering How They’re Doing?
In case anyone is wondering how old your children have to get to be before you stop wondering how they’re doing when they’re not with you. So far—for me, anyway—it’s not 268 months. And based on my own mom’s endearingly hyper-punctuated, over-capitalized texts —“Daughter, how ARE you??!! WHAT’S GOING ON TODAY??!!”—it’s also not 600 months.…
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Global Community Embraces a Mother After Her Anguished Tweet
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a tweet in my feed. I was connected to this Twitter member only through retweets and likes. As is the way with much of social media, if others had not reacted to the post, I mostly likely would never have seen it. But I did. And once I…
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Parenting a Teen Through These Difficult Times? You Are Not Alone
It’s been more than a year of living through a pandemic. Let that sink in for a second. An entire year of living through an experience that most of us never would have imagined we’d go through during our lifetime. The whole idea was one that 98% of us only grappled with for maybe 120…
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Mom, Never Forget How Much Your Kids Love and Need You
This week I helped a grown man process the death of his mom. She died when he was 12 years old and he now has a full beard and a chiseled jawline. He is not the same little boy… but his heart is the same little heart. For so many years he had held his…
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March 9, 2021
How “The Fellas” Were There For Each Other When it Mattered Most
The death of a teenager is beyond words, and even those like painful and tragic do not come remotely close to the stunned place-beyond-language. That’s what I was thinking as I listened to as the Fellas, which is what they’ve called themselves for years, as they woke me with 3am laughter from the living room. …
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What I Never Imagined About Parenting My Special Needs 19-year-Old Princess
“Mommy, can I have my crown back now?” I look up at my 5-foot, 9-inch, 19-year-old daughter, who is soaking wet from her shower, and with a bit of reluctance, I relinquish the tiny, very sparkly, crystal tiara that I got to wear for all of five minutes. “Thank you mommy.” Princess Lizzy is happy…
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Zoom Is a Great Way to Connect, With My ADHD, It Can Be a Nightmare
Recently, I completed a questionnaire for graduate school and was asked to answer the following question: What do you appreciate about going to school on Zoom? What do you find challenging? I imagine myself on Zoom. I see my laptop open on the wooden kitchen table, a ceramic mug of warm coffee next to it.…
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Fourteen Things Parents Do That Teens (Secretly) Love
It’s common for tees to shut their parents out or rebel. As a teen I often felt misunderstood but having my parents there to support me was so helpful, even if wasn’t able to show them appreciation at that time. What teens want their parents to do for them 1. Be their biggest fans Although…
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March 8, 2021
The “Space” Between Brothers Harry and William Makes Moms Sad
While others were focused on the Meghan and Prince Harry interview for what it had to say about the forever-intriguing British monarchy, I sat and watched with a different focus. I watched with my eighty-eight year old mom who’s hard of hearing so I was forced to regurgitate the most recent section of the interview to…
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2021 Popular High School Graduation Gifts for Him
High school graduation 2021 may be different from past years, with graduation ceremonies in question, but we still want to celebrate the accomplishments of the young men in our lives with the perfect gift for him. Whether you are looking for a laptop, or something they can use in a dorm room or an internship,…
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