Parenting

As I write this, I am getting ready to head to New York with my oldest daughter to help move her into her new apartment. As you read this, she will be starting her first day at her new job, and I will be boarding a plane back to Phoenix with my new official title: Empty…

“You are such a bad mom.” At least, that’s what the voice in my head liked to tell me whenever I felt like I had done something wrong. Maybe my child was mad at me because I sided with their sibling during a conflict. Maybe another was sad because I forgot about their class party.…

Life has a way of taking us places we never expected.  Last October, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Those words have a way of dividing life into two chapters: before and after. The months that followed were filled with doctor appointments, a double mastectomy, four rounds of chemotherapy, and more uncertainty than I had ever experienced. Today, I am…