Slowly, I let go of my mother the way everyone else had. Our family began to mend. As time passed, people forgot about the fights, the squad cars, the restraining orders.
Always a Way—Will Travis on Lessons Learned
Losing my business in a market crash, losing my parents to cancer, surviving an expedition in Antarctica and getting through a divorce…my list of obstacles goes on and on, as I am sure does yours.
A Father in the Dark
I have been his daughter for 19 of my 20 years, adopted when I was almost one. He is the only father I have ever known.
Longing
I have driven across landscapes looking for him. In the middle of the night, across two states, that boy was waiting in the early morning to open the door for me, to pull back the sheets and lay beside me.
When the Timing Just Doesn’t Work
Before I was married, my now husband and I decided to be the very best Catholics we could be and use Natural Family Planning as our method of contraception.
The Day My Picky Eater did the Unthinkable
Keeping someone alive all the time is harder than it looks, especially when they are on self-destruct mode 24/7.
The World Needs More Men Who Cry
Shortly after boys enter into their second phase of life, which is around 7-years-old, they realize the world is made up of hard lined rules.
The Day I Failed as a Mother
How dare I viciously point out all my kid’s flaws and mistakes and disappointments at the beginning of his day?
Why a Loose Tooth Made Me Cry
Over the years my daughter has grown. Her little wisps of hair turning into flowing locks. Knees and cheekbones emerging out of the pudgy baby fat. Her long torso and limber legs shooting her up into girlhood.
A Childhood Without Waiting
My childhood was all about waiting.