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When Things In Your Life Keep Changing

Posted on March 7, 2023 2 Comments

My daughter loves Rubik’s cubes. I, on the other hand, hate them with a passion. I like order. Organization. Things that make sense. So, I don’t mind a Rubik’s cube when each of its sides is a solid, coordinated, catalogued color. But when my daughter starts to mix everything up, my heart can’t help but […]

What To Do When You’ve Drowned

Posted on September 3, 2022 4 Comments

Exhausted from lack of sleep and an afternoon in the Texas summer sun, I pushed my now-sleeping newborn around the edge of the pool in his stroller. My kids splashed and giggled in the water as they helped clean up all their toys. One by one, they chucked things out of the water—a water gun […]

Psst…I’m going to let you in on a little secret…

Posted on September 28, 2021 9 Comments

It’s something that every writer knows, so perhaps it’s not too secret. But here it is: Writing is really, really hard. Painful, really. We agonize (true agony, I tell you!) over each letter. Each word. Each word combo. Each comma. (Should it even be a comma? Or would a period be best there? Maybe it […]

You Rule

Posted on October 19, 2020 1 Comment

I have four children. Three of whom know my name. The fourth is too young to have words, but she knows my face and, to her, my name sounds more like screaming bloody murder. The older three, however, have mastered the short, one-syllable word. Mom. They have become so adept at this name, that for […]

How Do You Treat The Person Who’s Always There?

Posted on July 5, 2019

I do not exist. At least, that’s how I feel most days. My older kids have entered this fun, new stage where their ears have become deaf to the sound of my voice. It’s as though my words are nothing but the wind. I could scream that the house was on fire and they’d still […]