I try not to dwell on past regrets because it wastes energy. You can’t change what you did (or didn’t do) in the past. But you can learn from it. And so can others. So I’ve decided to share one of my regrets as a mom in hope that it will help someone do better [...]
BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC: February 1975—“Daddy, do you really think I can ski?” I said as I weighed the risks of downhill skiing. My father put his arm around me and said, “I know you can.” “But what if I fall?”“Oh, you’re gonna fall,” he said, nodding decisively.“Will it hurt?”“Falling might hurt, but trust me: I [...]
“You’ll never read this because you're too busy NOT being real. What a bunch of bull! I cannot endorse this [God] myth!” an angry reader wrote, recently. Then he went on to set me straight.I'll call him "Jack" because I like that name. But I gasped out loud when I read his comments. You just [...]