Fight, We Will!

cover your hair, your facecover your anger, your hurt, your disgustsmile, don’t look up, talk back,better yet, SAY NOTHING. don’t interfere, hold it inremember yourRead More

A Reminder of Life

Today is my husband’s birthday. We are all generally an excited bunch about these days. This year, however, was different. The gift unlike before was not aRead More

Maa Aschen

Reds and yellows are filling up the doorways. Nothing is being left behind – the walls, the passages and the streets. You can feel it in theRead More

Eclampsia

I used to be afraid of having a baby. As a child, I had heard of my mom losing her mother at the time of deliveryRead 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.

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