Dear Darlings, For the weeks and months leading up to Claire’s departure for college, I struggled with “What’s next in my life?” I struggled, too, with the… Read more “A new chapter”

Dear Darlings, The last two years have been life altering and life affirming for me. I spent them in the company of people who lift me up… Read more “This one I earned”

My sweet baby girl, For the past year, I’ve been living on this lovely little piece of land, and it’s a gorgeous plot, right on a beautiful… Read more “Up a river”

My sweet, darling Claire, All too soon, you’ll be a high school graduate and ready to take on new chapters and new adventures. I know it’s an… Read more “I Waited For you”

Dear Darlings,             I’ve been listening to Oprah’s soul series podcasts lately, and one that has me spellbound is called You Matter, by Ilyanla Vanzant.She wants everyone to… Read more “You Matter”

Dear Darlings, These past few weeks have been filled with a writing/story telling class, and I’m enjoying every minute of it. We’re given ten minutes to fill… Read more “On Pettiness”

Dear Darlings, I’ve been silent too long on a subject which is extremely polarizing. I’ve sat on this subject, wondering if I should even say anything, become… Read more “The Girl Who Almost Wasn’t”

Dear Darlings, This past weekend was full of family, friends, love and laughter. There is/was no better way to spend my time. We were blessed with an… Read more “Unsolicited Advice”

Dear Darlings, Claire and her class are reading Hamlet in their AP Lit class. Her teacher wrote all of the parents a letter asking us to write… Read more “Advice to my Hamlet(te)”