The paranoia has always been present. It was a constant companion throughout school. From the outside, it was probably annoying. “No, Jill, everyone is not always talking about you, or thinking about you, or judging you. Amazingly, you are not at the top of everyone’s...
Category: Table Talk
I gave back the puppy. Yes. Those five words are the hardest ones I’ve had to say lately. It begs the question, who gives back an adorable puppy? Monsters? People that hate cute and fluffy things? A few weeks ago I uttered the words I...
This envelope has been haunting me for an entire year. A year ago, on Christmas Eve, we sat in the family room as my husband passed out tiny pieces of paper and envelopes. After reading from the Bible about the birth of Jesus and the...
Dear Parents of 2018, The world is full of advice on how to raise your children. Over the years, I’ve learned strategies that work for my unique children, but I will not assume to have any clue how you should parent your children. In fact,...
Do you know that feeling of dread when you wake up and look ahead at all you have to accomplish in a day? That’s how I felt yesterday. I have been rocking a cold for a solid week, so I’m not at the top of...
As I have been a college parent for exactly three days, I feel confident that I have picked up some nuggets of wisdom that would have served me well, but will hopefully help the young friends that are following close behind me on the path...
A week from tonight will be the first night in eighteen years that one of my children no longer lives in my home. I know it sounds all dramatic when I write it that way, but that’s because I feel all kinds of dramatic right...
Every single time I got pregnant, I was convinced it was a girl. Clearly I was so very wrong. During every ultrasound appointment, my husband and I would wait with bated breath to hear the words, “It’s a girl!” And every time, the tech would...
Teaching kids about sex is quite possibly more frightening than actually birthing or adopting them. Some of my friends have asked me recently about resources for navigating this important time of life, so I’m going to start the conversation, and I would LOVE for all...
I’m thirty pounds heavier than I’ve ever been in my life. That puts me squarely in overweight territory. I know this fact, but I am having a hard time changing my ways and shedding the pounds. I spent my first thirty eight years as a...