Spare time? Are you kidding? What do you do when your friends or partners can take time off, and you simply can’t? When your schedule is bursting at the seams, even on the weekends? What if you feel like there’s never time to catch up, to take stock, to plan productively, much less to snooze, […]
Timing is everything
Time keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking… Trying to wake the kid. Rushing to get his lunch made. Hoping the car will start. Scrambling to get things done hours earlier than usual, and “usual” is pretty damn early. Crossing my fingers that I make it to the dealership. Pleading for no traffic. Counting on that loaner. […]
Random Acts of Parenting
I thought it would be a quiet weekend. It was. A little too quiet. My son seemed off. I couldn’t put my finger on it. Though he had friends over one evening, there were two nights in a row when he was up at strange hours, walking around. Not his usual behavior. But with adolescents, […]
What Do You Do When There’s Nothing You Can Do?
Sometimes, all you can do as a parent of teens is sit back and hold your breath.
Listless
What if I did nothing I was supposed to, all day? You know. Allowing myself what I want to do – but not worrying about what I ought to do. What if I set aside my planned tasks, my lists, even my mental agenda – and just let the day unfold? Isn’t considering my options […]