There’s probably a ton more than 2 wise women we should attempt to be like. I don’t know about you, but I have some wise women friends that just blow my mind with how mature they are. One of my friends is going through a hard time right now. Her husband did something awful. I’m …
I’ve been putting off writing this for a while. I haven’t known how to talk about it. I’m not sure that I even know how to now, but I want to regardless. This is just a part of the story. SO. Here goes… Several weeks ago, I sat in an eye clinic lobby at the University of Iowa Hospital. We …
Yesterday I apologized to my 17 year old for coming unhitched at him over his lack of finish on a project. I had tried very hard to get him to do something. Very. Hard. Then I got distracted and busy, and saw he hadn’t finished it yet. Still. And then I realized it might not …
The blood ran from the gash in my leg nearly as quickly as the tears carved tracks down my cheeks. A group of eleven-year-old girls crowded around me, staring as I sat on the ground, holding my bleeding knee. One of them spoke. The rest of them laughed. “Sssshhhh!!” she’d hissed at me. “They won’t …
Fifteen years old, waking with tempered hope Christmas morning in a hotel room, I crawled out of bed and walked to the window. More snow on the ground, steam rising from the hot springs, and I felt conflicted. My parents decided this year to spend “what we would have spent” on Christmas at a resort …