Tag: life real raw broken beautiful
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Our Invisible and Unwelcome Family Member
My son is living with anxiety and depression, but the entire family lives with the fallout caused by his anxiety and depression.
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New Decade Non-Resolutions
As we count down the hours to a new decade, it seems to me that more than new year resolutions, we could all benefit from some thoughtful life choices that hold both community and personal well being side by side. Don’t make resolutions. Make conscious decisions to live and love one moment at a time…
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Imperfect Christmas Wishes
My wish for you this holiday is to let go. Let go and find the space to rest, to love your people fully, and to find your own peace, joy, laughter and togetherness among the imperfection.
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How Much Can You Handle?
Sometimes there can be an odd sort of symmetry to life. Something happens in one part of life and then is unexpectedly mirrored back to you in a different part of life. We’ve experienced this recently with the exact words, “How much can you handle?” coming first from the man-child’s psychiatrist and then from my husband’s…
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(My) Saving Grace
Tomorrow is “Gotcha Day” – the one year anniversary of the day Grace joined our family. She is the best impulsive decision I ever made. We “rescued” Grace, but she has “saved” me over and over again in the past year. In her memoir “Leaving Church”, Barbara Brown Taylor tells about a time she was invited to speak at…
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Season of Survival – Thoughts From a Parent During Mental Health Month
Have you ever experienced something from the past through the fresh lens of the present? It could be a place, or a movie, or a book, or a song – something that holds a memory, but when you experience it with the perspective gained through more trips around the sun new meaning shines through. I…
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No Regrets
My husband and I went out to dinner last night. Knowing we would both likely have a couple of adult beverages, we did the responsible adult thing and scheduled a ride through Lyft. The driver was a young 20-something guy who apparently has no filter and must not have been concerned about his tip or…
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A Moment of Truth
A moment of truth. Parenting a teen with mental health challenges is exhausting and often isolating. And right now I am more tired than I ever even knew was possible. So a word of thanks for those who “hold my umbrella” for me when I need to rest my weary heart, body and mind. I…
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Holding Space in a Season of Holy Saturdays
Holy Saturday 2019 In the Christian tradition, Holy Saturday is the space between the pain of Jesus being nailed to the cross and the joy that will come with resurrection on Easter. On Holy Saturday we acknowledge that we don’t always know what hope will look like tomorrow. We hold space and we wait. In…
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Me & My Shadow 2.0
Both of my kids are in a youth theater production of Peter Pan this week. Being a devoted mom, sucker, I volunteered to help as an usher at two days of preview shows for local schools and then sat in the audience on opening night. It was a ton of Neverland in a small window of time!…
We're All A Little Broken 