When my kids were younger and life was spinning them in all kinds of directions, I would share what we now call the “Pinball Effect” – Yes, welcome to my home where God knows, I love a good metaphor . . . much to the exhaustion of my family. As reassurance that...
Everybody needs boundaries. Most of us recognize that boundaries are essential to healthy relationships and a balanced life. So then why can setting boundaries be so difficult? One of the biggest barriers to boundary setting is guilt, especially for women. It’s normal...
Yesterday morning I was lingering in my daughter’s room. I was there under the guise of tidying but really, I’ve been missing her and wanted to breathe her in a bit. Across the hall from her bedroom is a wall filled with photos and front and center is one of my...
If I am to be honest, these last 6 weeks have seen my heart broken in a million different ways. I’ve felt such a volume of heaviness personally, familially, globally and even physically condensed into these last weeks that it’s hard to believe that it’s only...
If you know me, you know that I am a crier, an especially sappy one at that. It’s as if the second even the slightest something moves me, the water in my eyes springs a sudden leak. So, it came as no surprise to anyone in my family that while watching a football game...
You may or may not know this about me, but (and stay with me here) the foundation of my passion, work and life is inspired by a gang of sea turtles. I know, I really just said that – I pattern my world off the rhythm of a gargantuan, awkward, ancient creature...
