40 for40

1. #Kindness is everything. 2. Especially to yourself! 3. You will make #mistakes. You will fail. You will make regrettable decisions. Accept that everyone does. Everyone has. You areRead More

The Side Note

It is easy to keep doing. To fall into the cycle of events. Wake up in the morning, do the things we have been doing, because that’sRead More

Raising Boys to Men

Since my last post Because I Worry, I’ve been sitting with a persistent question—how do we raise children who understand boundaries, rejection, failure, and respect?

A movie, a memory, a moment with my son—everything is pointing to one thing: we have to start the conversation now. About sex, consent, failure, gender, media, anger, and how all of it affects our kids.

This post isn’t a checklist—it’s a work-in-progress from a home like yours.
Twelve thoughts. One intention: raise better humans.

Let’s begin, one uncomfortable conversation at a time.

9 for 9

My older son told me on Friday afternoon, “I better have all the fun possible before my birthday. Tomorrow everyone is going to tell meRead More

Perfectly Imperfect

You know the one thing that seems to overwhelm me when I am online: Lists.Lists of ways and means to make the almost impossible possible.Read More

Me

I stared at myself.Took myself in…it was me.The one without the marks, the printed linesThe me from years beforeI no longer remember.What was smooth, firm,Read More