My first glimpse of truth was at a costume party. He took me to her house for the event, and the two of them enjoyed shots with neighbors and work pals while her husband and I watched them like they were our errant children, laughing about how they couldn’t hold their liquor and wouldn’t make…
Find the Funny, Brave Girls
Find the funny in all things, and life will be fun. I don’t know where I heard that in my youth, but it has stuck with me. I really really wish I could remember the context, but it is deeply hidden somewhere in my mid-forties Mom brain which must prioritize school lunch components that need…
Grieving is Brave
It’s hard to predict what things will “stick” in our children’s minds years from now. What memories will become indelibly lodged in their brains and psyches. What events will be life changing. What words will be mulled over repeatedly. What action or inaction will never be forgotten, and will alter the way they think and…
Sorry is Brave
Sorry is a word. Sorry can go from a word to a feeling. Sorry can go from a feeling to a behavior. It’s that action, in the behavior step, that separates the phony from the authentic. Sometimes we say we're sorry when we don’t really feel it or before we feel it. Sorry is not…
No Excuses, Brave Girl
No excuses. My commitment to myself for 2019 is that I am done with excuses. Done with making excuses. Done with allowing excuses from others. One of the things I’ve realized about myself this past year is that I am an enabler. I am capable of juggling a lot and organizing a lot and being…
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