Category Archives: Family
Twists and turns
We rise each morning thinking we know how the day will go. We check the calendar, the to-do list, the appointment schedule and off we go to face what we presume will be the day we anticipate. So often we walk through our day-to-day existence wearing virtual blinders. But now and again, life has a …
Baby-Dog-Whistle Soup
Today was a big day in the life of my older daughter, Brittany. This morning she called to say she had just been offered a job in her chosen field, utilizing the Master’s Degree in Counseling she recently earned. It was her first job interview, and it was a position she really wanted—working with adolescents …
Take Your Passion and Make it Happen
That line from the theme song of the movie “Flashdance” keeps popping up in my mind lately when I think of my younger daughter, Maddi. That movie came out when I was twenty, the same age Maddi is currently. I’m happy to say the reason it makes me think of Maddi is NOT that she …
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