“It sounds like you have a lot going on as a single parent, why would you want to do this?” I leaned in towards the foster care caseworker and three simple words came out of my mouth “because I can”. This road to becoming a licensed foster care mama (to adopt) has been a very […]
People don’t often think about it until they’re in a situation, but fathers have a tough time in our society. Throw in a relationship that went south, and now some dads have to prove that they’re good dads, just to simply BE dads. Dr. Georgia Turner, executive director of 2 Not 1, sat down with […]
It had been an afternoon of mundane errands – the bike repair shop, haircuts, the pharmacy – and my six-year-old was ready to be outside of the car and back at home. We pulled close to our neighborhood, only to realize a delay was awaiting us, courtesy of a train coming across the railroad tracks […]
I took my first drink at age 15. It was three years after my dad had died, I was heartbroken at what I perceived my family had become. It was a delay in grief for me. I can remember taking a bottle of wine from our refrigerator and proceeding to drink from the bottle and […]
In a couple of Mondays, my kid brother will load his family in a moving truck and hit the east coast to live in upstate New York. Growing up, I thought families always lived spread throughout the country. All of my aunts and uncles were scattered across a map of the United States and it […]
Your parents lied to you. The truth is that you will very likely never be the leading man or woman. You probably aren’t star material. I know. It sounds mean to say it out loud. But just not that many people become name-in-lights, late-show-guest, stylist-and-wardrobe-specialist famous. Some of it is skill, lots of it is […]
I had a blog written up ready to go when life happened and the mama bear came out. We’ve had issues with my sons teacher this whole year. A teacher who has over stepped over boundaries stating false reasons a child would be held back from continuing to third grade, and making recommendations to parents […]
Flying was a very tangible freedom. In those days, it was beauty, adventure, discovery — the epitome of breaking into new worlds. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh, introduction to ‘Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead,’ 1929 There is a place that exists beyond my line of sight and over the horizon. A place that has spoken […]
A few weeks ago I posted something to my Instagram story about “Dating by Airspace”. From that post, I received close to 30 questions about it. That may not seem like a lot, but it made me wonder if the story should come forward. As many of you know, I am a CFI, which for those that […]