She knew the rules, followed the rules and then still got in trouble … with me. Her senior year my husband and I had lifted our youngest daughter’s curfew. In a few short months when she left for college, we would have no idea where she was going or what she was doing. It…

Let it Be So Now

Let it Be So Now

Changing diapers, making suppers, filing through carpool. Stuffing letters, answering email, packing boxes. At different times in my life, a battle has waged within me. In my mind, the clashing goes something like this: “Why am I doing this? There are so many important things I could be, should be, doing now. But instead I…

No More Replay

No More Replay

  Some days it’s just plain hard to stop it. The video running in my head. The day I yelled at my child. The afternoon when I missed it, thinking the big thing was really a little thing. If I don’t push the stop button, the scenes will play on and on, finishing with one…