My daughter, who I’ve been writing about in this column for over ten years now, just got her drivers’ permit. I took her to the DMV yesterday and watched her take her written test. We high-fived and jumped up and down when she passed. And then we went driving around a parking lot. My baby is not a baby anymore.
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• Thursday, February 02nd, 2012
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• Saturday, January 07th, 2012
I love January 1. I like to pretend that it really is a new day, different and set apart from the rest. That I truly can walk into a new year with a sense of anticipation, and a relief that the past is fully behind me, in deeper, purer ways.
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• Monday, November 07th, 2011
It was hard on me as a kid when my parents got divorced. It could be for this very reason that I’m so… ummm… mad at myself, maybe…so concerned about my own kids during this time.
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• Monday, August 15th, 2011
As my kids get older, I struggle sometimes to still see them as children. My daughter is my height, she’s wicked funny, and I think I forget sometimes that she’s not my friend. Don’t get me wrong…she is. But she’s my daughter first. He’s my son first. They are friends second. They will be more my friend as time goes by, but now, they are more my children. And I have to protect them. Sometimes from me.
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• Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
“Children are resilient.” I have heard this a thousand times. I have said this a thousand times. I no longer buy it.
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• Friday, June 24th, 2011
My daughter came home with her freshman course schedule this week. I almost fainted. I am in complete and utter denial that Sara is going into high school. My son likes to point out that she’ll be able to get her driver’s permit this year. He does that to watch me either tear up or freak out, depending on my mood.
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• Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Mothers do not come in one shape or one size. There’s my mother by birth, who loves me like no one else ever has or ever will, and I am so grateful for her. I think that she thinks I walk on water, and who doesn’t need at least one person to believe in you like that?
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• Sunday, April 24th, 2011
I’m sure that everyone has heard the African proverb by now that “it takes a village to raise a child.” I am finding this to be true in new ways lately. I am grateful that I am surrounded by people who love me and who love my children and I am currently tapping into that extra love to help my kids through our difficult season.
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• Thursday, March 31st, 2011
My family is going through a difficult time right now. Well, better put, I’ve made some choices that are affecting my children. They seem to be weathering things okay but they also could be little codependents just putting on an act so I don’t feel guilty. Only time will tell.
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• Sunday, January 02nd, 2011
Another year has gone by. Another year is starting. Our children are another year older. (As are we, but we won’t go there today.)
There’s something about January that always makes me want to wipe the slate clean. I want to clean out my closets – physically, emotionally, relationally and spiritually. I want to take stock. I want to see what’s accumulated – what I want to get rid of and never have to deal with again, and what I want to remember and reminisce about and be grateful for.
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