I took this picture today after my daughter rode her new electric scooter for the first time. Isn’t it a sweet picture? It was a…
Ah…adolescence. It is the best of times and the worst of times (sometimes all in the same day). It is a frenzied time of creativity,…
Therapy is way more than a toolbox of intervention. Information alone cannot replace professional help. However, information can be very powerful. So, for what it’s…
There is something that gets my mother blood boiling in seconds. Clothes shoved in drawers. Even as I write it I realize that it is…
Therapy is way more than a toolbox of intervention. Information alone cannot replace professional help. However, information can be very powerful. So, for what it’s…
I wrote this short post in January of this year (2014). I never posted it because I have been in a bit of a blogging…
There are a few days each year when Jon and I both have almost completely “off” from our work responsibilities. Most of what I do…
I taught myself to French braid my daughters’ hair this summer. Trophies, diplomas…you can have them all. I won’t forget seeing my daughter’s hair in…
Depression is difficult to describe. It is a myriad of symptoms spanning the emotional, physical, relational, and spiritual. Is it physical? Is it emotional? Is…
When I was a little girl I had allergies. This was before Claritin or Allegra. It was before allergy testing and allergy shots became vogue….
I carry you around the house all morning. I promise, Hillary, it seems I would sew you to my hip if I could. I’m getting…
The holiday season is upon us and whether you will stay near or go far chances are that you will be spending time with loved…
One of a few posts in a short series on thanksgiving. It is so easy to get stuck, to feel trapped, to feel hemmed in…
The first in a short series of posts on thanksgiving. Every adult likely has a story about the time they got in trouble the WORST. …
In the second chapter of Deuteronomy: Then the LORD said to me, “You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn…