Every three days or so, my feelings catch up with me. Before that day arrives, I think all is going swimmingly well. Annie likes school so much more this year. She is making new friends! KK’s teacher calls to tell me that my daughter is awesome! Heck, she compliments me on my parenting. My longer […]

Sometimes a preposterous idea turns me back in the right direction. The whole family was sitting on Aunt Colette and Uncle Brian’s patio last night. We had finished eating Grandma Alton’s homemade berry pie, the wind had completely stopped, and the air temperature felt exactly right. It was the only time in days that I […]

The school year is coming for us, and my feelings are anything but easy. In fact, my emotions threaten to overtake my summer self and bury me in fearful tears. You see, last year was a lesson in seeing my child clearly and trying to meet her needs, which are so not simple. The day […]

I’ve been thinking about my wish for things to be easier. This specifically relates to summer camp this week, of course. I thought Tuesday would be easier, but no, Annie decided she didn’t want to go to camp as soon as I pulled the car up to the parking lot. Nothing I said seemed to […]

Last night I did a head stand at yoga. I felt like I was on top of the world. This morning, roughly 30 minutes ago, I tripped and fell hard in front of my husband’s girlfriend from college. I feel utterly disgraced. I am picturing this knee-nose dive as a metaphor for my entire life. […]

It’s funny I want to meditate today because I am feeling full of goodness. A few nights ago, I made myself go see a viewing of the documentary “Journey into Dyslexia.” A friend and I drove to a private school that teaches kids with reading disabilities, Hamlin Robinson. I clicked on their website a few […]

I’ve been thinking about non-attachment lately. Is it possible to truly be non-attached in this life time? Without being a monk? I practice non-attachment often. It works, up to a point. Sometimes I really feel non-attached to the words coming out of another person’s mouth. Or maybe the point is my emotions are not getting […]

I am the lady in the hallway. I spend a fair amount of time waiting in school corridors while Annie is with various tutors. These are interesting venues. On floor two of one elementary school, I watch the young reading tutors leave their small office. I can’t imagine any of them are more than 25. […]

When I hated softball, I wasn’t allowed to quit. I survived. The outfield isn’t the worst place to spend an hour of your sunny spring day. When I hated working at Arby’s Roast Beef, a few of my teenage friends started working there, too. Now I couldn’t quit, although the job wasn’t quite so awful […]

Every time I meet a new expert, I bring so much hope to the meeting. By the time the appointment is over, I am disappointed and overwhelmed. There is no one answer and there are millions of opinions. There are so many doors before me, and I knock on each one. Yesterday we met with […]