Teddy Roosevelt’s famous 1910 speech has crossed my path many times. I’ve read it and admired it. But it didn’t truly settle into me until recently. “It is […]
Faith / Family / Midlife
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Rewriting Midlife: The Faith Chapter
Midlife has brought some surprising experiences—ones I never anticipated and didn’t even have language for until I found myself living them. After all, “midlife” wasn’t something I was […]
Career / Family / Midlife
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Midlife, Quiet Courage, and Tough Conversations
We’ve been doing a series of trainings at work lately—mostly around supervision, and more specifically around difficult, or “fierce,” conversations (based on Susan Scott’s book Fierce Conversations). As I […]
Family / Home / Midlife
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Living in the Middle: Life in the Sandwich Generation
My husband and I find ourselves squarely in the sandwich generation. Our kids still very much rely on us. We still take care of them—emotionally, financially, logistically. And now, almost […]
Career / Midlife
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The Career Chapter I Wasn’t Entirely Prepared For
We recently returned from a long weekend road trip to see family. In total, I took three days off. When I came back, I couldn’t help but wonder […]
Family / Teenagers
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Birthdays, Friendships, and Growing Up
Our oldest turned 19 today. Nineteen…!! Seriously, where does the time go? His dad and I found ourselves reminiscing earlier, watching old videos that instantly transported us back […]
Family / Home / Midlife / Teenagers
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The Weight of What We Carry
I came home from work the other day and was instantly frustrated. Home is supposed to be my place of peace—my refuge. But all I saw when I […]
Family / Retirement / Travel
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Simplicity
We recently returned from vacation—one of those rare, every-five-years visits to see extended family tucked away in a small rural town, home to fewer than 1,000 people. Our […]