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I, Warrior Mom

I, Warrior Mom

Second Son’s graduation has me thinking about how I show up as a mom. I tell you, it’s not how I thought I would back before I was one. When I became a mother, something inside me changed. Something went a little left. It’s like a secret code was...
Taking a Leap of Faith

Taking a Leap of Faith

I just did one of the hardest things to do as a mom: I pushed my baby out of the nest. Oldest Son came back to live at home, yet AGAIN, this past July. When he came home, he had a job, a car, a driver’s license, and car insurance. Gradually over the months...

Deja Vu (a.k.a. Being a Grandma)

I heard my mother make comments all the time with my younger two kids like, “Oh my…this is like you all over again!” and “I’ve met this kid before somewhere…” and “I swear it’s like going backward 30 years!”...
Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day

Father’s Day is always a day of mixed emotions in my house. My oldest has a relationship with his father, and is now a father, himself. My middle child has no relationship at all with his father, and gets quite pissed off if you refer to him as that. He’ll...

Geometry According to Mom Logic

Over the summer, Second Son came to the decision that he was ready to get serious about school and graduate. This was music to my ears, of course, because the first two years of high school for him appeared to me to be all about everything BUT getting an education and...