Early morning drop off at the airport to send my youngest back for her final semester of college and I’m dissolved into tears that are as prolific as the day I dropped off my oldest child for her first day of college. I suppose the tears represent bookends in our life: the first days of […]
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PSA: Aging Is A Privilege
It’s February 7th and I am feeling exactly the same way I have on this date for the last 35 years. 35 Years.How Is That Possible? My high school best friend Valerie was hit by a car and died 35 years ago today. I was a freshman at USC, far from the small town of […]
Don’t Say Sorry For Your Pain
Yesterday was heartbreaking. Today is surreal. We had to say goodbye to our sweet Cody after 14 1/2 years of love, tail wags, occasional kisses and abundant joy. He was ready and he let us know, which should make this bearable because he’s no longer suffering. But the honest truth is, it’s not bearable. Not […]
Don’t Say Sorry For Being Extra Ordinary
“You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.” -Mitch Albom Last week, a friend of mine shared a great article that is posted on www.grownandflown.com and the “Grown & Flown” Facebook page, which if you have high school or college age kids, you are probably aware of (and perhaps, like me, mildly obsessed […]
Don’t Say Sorry for Wanting More
It’s the New Year and it seems this time is always filled with promises to ourselves in the form of resolutions. There are all kinds of articles about goal setting and how to make our resolutions stick around longer than our extra holiday pounds. As I read these articles, it strikes me that the advice ranges anywhere from […]