Mothering

Childhood Revisited...

Childhood Revisited...

My kids are teens. Both on the cusp of adulthood which I feel they are both largely unprepared for. Or maybe it is me, maybe I am unprepared for their...

Childhood Revisited...

My kids are teens. Both on the cusp of adulthood which I feel they are both largely unprepared for. Or maybe it is me, maybe I am unprepared for their...

The Hard Bounce Back...

The Hard Bounce Back...

The older I get the harder it is to bounce back...from anything. A break up, a cold, allergies, emotionally draining teenager drama. For the last two weeks I have been...

The Hard Bounce Back...

The older I get the harder it is to bounce back...from anything. A break up, a cold, allergies, emotionally draining teenager drama. For the last two weeks I have been...

A New Parenting Dilemma...

A New Parenting Dilemma...

I have two teenagers. 15 (16 in two weeks) and 17 (18 in a few months). Parenting them has been hard. My son more than my daughter. But all of...

A New Parenting Dilemma...

I have two teenagers. 15 (16 in two weeks) and 17 (18 in a few months). Parenting them has been hard. My son more than my daughter. But all of...

Dropping All the Plates...

Dropping All the Plates...

Like everyone else, I have a lot of plates spinning. The work plate, the parenting plate, the taking care of yourself plate, the diet plate, the animal plate, the friend...

Dropping All the Plates...

Like everyone else, I have a lot of plates spinning. The work plate, the parenting plate, the taking care of yourself plate, the diet plate, the animal plate, the friend...

10,220

10,220

That is how many days I have lived since I last drank or used. That is a long fucking time. For regular people, that is 28 years. Which is the...

10,220

That is how many days I have lived since I last drank or used. That is a long fucking time. For regular people, that is 28 years. Which is the...

Thimbles of Support...

Thimbles of Support...

Receiving support, for some of us, this does not come easy. There are so many of us in the world whose participation in relationships is for what we can give,...

Thimbles of Support...

Receiving support, for some of us, this does not come easy. There are so many of us in the world whose participation in relationships is for what we can give,...