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Can I talk to you a little bit about the power of actual unconditional love? My oldest, who has always been this high achieving go-getter is in the process of rethinking all the things. She was hit with coming home partway through her freshman year of college just two years ago when it all went…

Two minutes at the ticket counter. That is all it took to remind me. We were checking Lily in for a flight and there was a little issue with her ticket. It was so stressful and people were rushing everywhere and everyone seemed on edge. We had to rush back to the counter and it…

The weight of what we all carry actually takes my breath away sometimes if I think about it too hard. Those things we are struggling with that we carry through all our days and moments. Money problems that wake up at night as we run numbers again and again in our heads or worries about…

He’s the kid who never listens the first time. Or the second. Or even the tenth. You can pick him up out of the line up in the school hallways.  He’s the one who doesn’t walk in an orderly fashion. He runs or spins or stops in his tracks if something catches his eye. He…

Parenting teenagers is a joy beyond measure and also the hands-down hardest thing I have ever done in my life. It’s the kind of hard that twists your heart and squeezes out every drop of love and patience you have in you.   I thought having been a teenager myself this gig would be no…