Parenting Adults

Parenting Adults

After a discussion with a friend the other day, I had a huge parenting epiphany. My friend has young children and she was talking about helping her young children to move through the world. Sometimes this means helping them fix situations or helping them to learn life...
The Empty Nest—Pandemic Style

The Empty Nest—Pandemic Style

In the fall of 2018, I declared my husband and I empty nesters. It was a time of wildly mixed emotions. I missed my three children terribly and I also loved a quiet, empty nest. They would come home for holidays and school/work breaks, but otherwise my husband and I...
The Advice Dilemma

The Advice Dilemma

I recently read an article that said most people love to give advice but most people don’t like to receive advice. Yes, you read that right. Who doesn’t like to tell someone else what to do? And who of us actively dislikes when someone else tells us what to do? Me! I...
RBG and Me

RBG and Me

Last month one of my heroes died. She was flawed and imperfect, and yet someone I so admired. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice, mother, wife, woman, and Jew represented so many aspects of womanhood that matter to me. Ginsburg was tireless in her fight...