One of my main goals as a parent is to help teach our daughters how to make sense of their emotions. I want them to understand that whatever they are…
It’s only mid October, but the holidays keep popping into mind. The travel plans, the Christmas shopping budget, and what to do with all the new things that loved ones…
On a drive to a friend’s house in North Kansas City this week, movement to the right caught my eye. Emerging along a parallel road was a fleet of Amazon…
Parenting our five-year-old daughter has taught me to rethink a lot of conventional parenting advice. Over the past five years, I’ve done away with time outs (stick with me, I…
A recent podcast got me thinking about attachments. “An attachment is like a monkey on our back,” the podcaster said. “It’s something we carry around with us all of the…
I sat in a Southwest plane, looking down over puffy white clouds and shadow dusted mountains. We’re probably over Colorado by now, I thought. The view was extraordinarily beautiful. I…
Ever get that feeling that your life feels too cluttered? Like your breathing space is shrinking? You want to do something about it, but don’t know where to start. Take…
I made a startling connection last month. After several attempts at guessing what was triggering our 19-month-old daughter’s loud, whiny “nooo,” I finally realized it was my iPhone. My hand,…
Lately I’ve been happily fielding a not-so-surprising question: “Why are you raising your family in a 1,000-square-foot apartment?” Well, actually, the question usually sounds more like, “Aren’t you looking for…
My neighbor’s greeting caught me off guard yesterday. “You’ve been hanging pictures again, haven’t you?” she said in a steady but kind tone. We live in a cute, 1,000 square…