Most parents struggle with priorities. It doesn’t matter if you have one child or several kids, orchestrating a balanced life sometimes seems next to impossible. Juggling housework, job, kids, homework, activities, and a spouse is enough to make anyone’s life seem thrown off kilter at times. Add to that a kid who isn’t fairing well […]
Emerging into the world our daughter arrived six minutes after I had waddled through the emergency entrance at the hospital doors. Our family joke was that she was the creator of drama and the day of her birth was the beginning. She had orderlies, nurses, and doctors frantically hustling for her grand entrance while my husband, Dave, was […]
Teens today seem to be having a difficult time handling disappointment. Maybe it is because they’ve always gotten a participation award for all the sports activities. Maybe it’s because as parents we have bent over backwards trying to make sure that our kids have everything they want or need. Maybe it’s because our kids don’t […]
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in that “tired of parenting” space. Homework that even I don’t understand, or an attitude that makes me want to do something that I would most definitely regret, or undone chores, or a bedroom that needs to be condemned can drive any parent to a place […]
Excusing herself from a Saturday morning brunch, Erin pretended a headache and left in a hurry. As she got to her car she found herself shaking so much that she was having trouble finding the right key to open the car door. Gasping for air and holding back tears, she finally found the right one […]
This has been a really rough week for me. It was the two year anniversary of my daughter’s death and I’ll admit that her passing will forever leave a scar on my heart. Over the last 13 years I’ve spent countless hours coaching moms who are are lost in the quagmire of disbelief in what […]