As a year of pandemic parenting draws to a close, I am in awe of the many ways we adapted to change as parents. Many of us managed a sudden shift to home school or distance learning while also working from home. Some of us couldn’t work from home because we were deemed essential. Some…
My grandma once told me, “You can’t be all things to all people.” But dang it if I wasn’t going to try. As my grandma once told me, you can’t be all things to all people. I’ve been everything. I’ve been the shy, quiet girl. I’ve been the party girl. I’ve been the loud, “life…
I will never stop grieving the loss of my mother to Alzheimer’s disease. I thought that when my mother died, my grief would soon be over. But I was wrong.
Before I had babies, the last diaper I changed was my mother’s. She entered hospice care when I was pregnant with my first daughter and passed away, almost two years later, when I was pregnant with my second daughter. Despite the grief and struggle, taking care of my mom as her health declined through early onset Alzheimer’s disease prepared…
Our 12-year-old Lab/Vizsla mix had been going downhill for months. Degeneration in her hips and spine caused her to have more and more trouble getting around and more and more potty accidents in the house. Making the decision with our family vet to let her go peacefully and prevent increasing pain was difficult but necessary. Mia, who…
