Tag: change

The days of doing hard things

“This is so hard! Why is it so hard?!” my youngest collapses on his desk knocking books and papers to the floor. The assignment on his computer is flashing green, but when he clicks on it nothing happens. …

The days of small things

“I see you’re climbing mountains again young lady!” an older gentleman’s words startle me out of my own thoughts as we pass each other on the sidewalk. I’m walking up a hill a couple of miles from my …

The summer of no plans

Hey, mom, it’s summer, remember?! A boy argues with me about bedtime, and it catches me off guard. Summer? Oh, yeah, summer. The strangest school year ever is finally in the books. And the next two months of …

So, how are you doing?

This sign made me cry yesterday. The skies were deliriously blue, the sun was shining and the park was closed? The silence was deafening. “Just relax. Everything is all going to be alright,” a friend’s text pops up …