I announced last year that I came to terms with the realization that I am codependent. I promised I would write about it, and how codependency affects marriage. Part of me was really scared to sincerely look at how my marriage needed to change with newfound breakthroughs. I’ve been on a journey and learning so […]
I’m feeling the lull between Christmas and New Year’s, are you? There’s such a big build-up to Christmas and once the festivities have all settled, and family goes back to their homes, it all can seem a bit too quiet and lonely. Even writing this is taking all of my energy, but I’m forcing myself. […]
Christmas lights were pretty and fun and free. And in abundance on the way to the hospital. I looked forward to your doctor’s appointment in Lexington the way I looked forward to school trips to the circus. I couldn’t wait to go to Toys’R’Us and the mall. I only liked the mall because I could […]
I did the dumbest thing yesterday and made life much harder for myself. Have you ever done this? It can be so frustrating when I get in my own way, you’d think I would know better. And really, I should. Here’s my “dumb story” from yesterday… I was asked to guest blog about my book, […]
Enjoy today’s guest post… Andy Earle is a researcher who studies parent-teen communication and adolescent risk behaviors. He is the co-founder of talkingtoteens.com and host of the Talking to Teens podcast, a free weekly talk show for parents of teenagers. As an extraverted parent, it can be a bummer when trying to engage with your […]
Christmas is just weeks away. There’s so much hustle and bustle during this time of year, and frankly, I just don’t want to expend energy on rushing around. There is so much I could, and perhaps should be doing to prepare for the holiday, but I just don’t want to. I want to be still. […]
And they left for the ER, that was the middle of this holiday story. But let’s start at the beginning, shall we? I was over the moon excited! My whole family would be together for this Thanksgiving holiday celebration. My son along with our almost four year old grandson was flying in to join us. […]
We all have one, that challenging relative we hardly see during the year, but it’s the holiday time, and well, they’re family, right? You love this relative, and yet, anytime you see him you kind of brace yourself because you never know what they will be demanding of you this time. Or she brings up […]
It was a normal day not much different than any other day. I was preparing my home for a visit—my parents were due in the next day and would be spending the weekend with us. Noticing an early morning text on my phone I picked it up to read it, but was not ready for […]
A recent survey with the National Sleep Foundation found that twenty-three percent of married people routinely sleep in separate beds. A week goes by, then a month, which turns into two months, and then a year passes, and you realize you haven’t had a good roll in the sheets in way… way… too long. Many […]
