When Your Happiness Feels Tied to Your Kids
Happiness tied to your kids sounds noble when you say it out loud. It sounds like devotion. It sounds like…
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Turning 45 and Finding My Favorite Self
March is my birthday month, and now that my birthday has passed, I have had a little time to sit…
Navy Thread, Corduroy, and the Love That Still Holds
I keep circling back to the anniversary of Grandmom Willey, to January 18, 2025, and the fact that a whole…
Inner Child Healing After a 37-Tissue Thursday
I have been in and out of therapy for the last 20-plus years, but I started going back more regularly…
When Things Go Awry, Who Shows Up
The car broke down in freezing cold on Route 40, and within sixty seconds, my whole morning turned into a…