Sometimes I think I don’t love my kids enough. For example, last night my 10-year-old son Lucas wanted me to help him with his…
Letting Go of My “Big Christmas” Guilt
Last year, my sister posted to Facebook the above picture of our families’ combined Christmas presents under her tree (and all over the family room)…
The Day I Walked Out on My Four-Year-Old
My four-year-old daughter Mari cried for pretty much all of yesterday. She also cried for the whole day the day before that… and the…
When One of Your Children Is Harder to Like Than the Other
I interrupt seven-year-old Lucas’ humming to warn him, as I do every morning, that he has one more minute to finish his cereal before I…
Losing My Shiz, um, AGAIN… and searching for some middle ground: ADHD and me, part IV
I go through these stages where I convince myself that Lucas doesn’t have ADHD. I see him bent over a project, brow wrinkled with…