College Graduation – The Blink of a Lifetime

Time is a fickle fucker. Four years can simultaneously feel like a lifetime and a heartbeat ago. Four years ago, two children lived and ate and slept and fought and laughed under our roof as permanent teenage residents. Four years ago I attended multiple sporting events nightly, worried on Friday and Saturday nights about when … Continue reading College Graduation – The Blink of a Lifetime

Find the Calm in the Chaos

Oh lovelies. We are all feeling some level of fear. Some level of anxiety. Some level of scarcity, uncertainty, helplessness. Yes? And we are seeing the affects of these negative emotions: selfishness, chaos, mass buying of toilet paper and hand sanitizer... There is a difference in preparedness and panic. There is a difference between indifference … Continue reading Find the Calm in the Chaos

Among the Wildflowers: A mom’s reflection on taking her daughter to college

The dining room is filled with brown packing boxes, Ikea bags, plastic storage bins and an unidentified number of Command Strips. There's a life size duffle bag sitting next to the door. The dog seems a bit out of sorts knowing something is up. We are taking our first born to college today and my feelings … Continue reading Among the Wildflowers: A mom’s reflection on taking her daughter to college