Lisa Endlich's Blog, page 173

Learning to Live In a World Without My Mom Has Been Hard

My mom passed away a few weeks after I had my first child. This unfair twist of fate has been one of the greatest challenges of my life. To learn to live in the world without her has been incredibly hard. An unexpected discovery of a Ziplock bag of letters, mostly written to me by…

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I Just Have One Question Where Did My Babies Go?

There was a time when my children were always underfoot. I couldn’t finish a meal or take a shower without interruption, let alone read a book or binge watch anything. For years, my time was not my own. Now it is–even when my kids are home. Now I can watch TV for hours–any show I…

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FAFSA and CSS Profile: Best Tips, Resources, and Mistakes to Avoid

October 1 is the first day families can access, complete, and submit the 2021-2022 FAFSA and CSS Profile. Anyone logging in sooner will find themselves completing forms for the wrong school year. But September is the month to carefully consider the pros and cons of applying for need-based aid. If you decide to go ahead…

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Students Have Been Invited to Return to Campus and Here’s Some Good News

If you’re looking for bad news, you’ve come to the wrong place. The Covid news has been all-consuming and the bad news about colleges reopening has been frustrating and relentless.  Recriminations have been tossed around like so much confetti. Administrators have been blamed and students have been vilified for defying rules and holding events that…

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“No Mask Monday” Is a No Go for These Utah Cheerleaders and Football Players

Mask-wearing has become a politically charged issue, but the kids at Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Utah just want to participate in their sport. It’s as simple as that. They understand what they have to do to have a somewhat normal senior year.  Parents encouraged their kids to leave their masks at home Parents in…

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Empty Nest: When the Kids Leave Home, Who is the ME Left Behind?

When our four children were under eight years old, I remember asking my husband not for a spa day or trip for my birthday, but a weekend alone in the house. What would I do with a weekend alone in the house, he wanted to know? I would spend time in my own company, I…

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Let’s Just Do the Best We Can, and Believe that Everyone Else is Doing the Same

When COVID-19 started spreading across the US, I felt a strong sense of “We’re in this together.” I had no idea what was in store for our future: my kids’ school, my career, the economy, all the businesses in my small town. I soon came to the conclusion I could sit and soak myself in…

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Teens are Working Hard Now and Adults Need to Show More Kindness

I recently wrote a Facebook post about a restaurant experience picking up takeout curbside. I thought my friends would appreciate it. Then people asked me to make it public so they could share it. The post was centered on how unbelievably irritated and irritable the customers were toward the staff. A young staff; some of…

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Looking for a Balance Between Loss and Gratitude in 2020

“I’m sorry” not in the “I did something wrong and I’m asking for forgiveness” kind of way but in the “I wish this wasn’t happening” way. I find myself thinking and saying this all the time during the last five months. Five months that in many ways feel like five years. I’m sorry that my…

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Life in a Pandemic: I Let My Son Go to College but I Didn’t Want To

I’m sorry, but I can’t do it. I can’t post the shiny, happy pictures of college drop-off. I have them, and maybe I will post them later, but if I did that now I wouldn’t be true to my current feelings. I feel like I made a horrible mistake in letting my son go to…

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