When my daughter Caroline graduated from college, I was thrilled to have at least one child out of school. But in 2018, she headed back to school. AGAIN. The day she began graduate school, I had a lot of conflicting emotions:Nostalgia: how can this be? Seems like only yesterday I was sending her off to first [...]
For the record, my husband and I staged the picture above with our nephew a few years ago, as a joke. But for some, youth sports are no laughing matter.As a veteran sports mom and a coach's wife, I’ve witnessed some extreme ballpark behavior: coaches throwing pens, clipboards and hats. Tearful mothers screaming at the [...]
The other night, I made a dumb mistake. I wasn’t going to tell you about it, but I just have to. Although I knew better, I watched the news for over an hour. I listened intently as they described one horrific thing after another, in vivid detail.And afterwards, I felt sick.There were murders. Scandals. Hatred. [...]