Dear Darlings, We just dropped Lucas off at the University of Mary Washington. This is the letter that my heart wrote in the still hours of the… Read more “Soar, Little Eagle, Soar!”

Dear Darlings, The packing is complete. The target bags full of notebooks, pens, pencils, toiletries, snacks and his very first set of “dishes” stand ready for departure.… Read more “My heart is full”

Dear Darlings, Word has spread amongst those of us who blog…the end of the personal essay is here. I was wondering why my material had dried up.… Read more “Oh, the places they’ll go”

Dear Darlings, Never underestimate the power of cute shoes. In March of 1991 I often pulled my favorite, ice-breaker-moment shoes out of the closet. They were brown,… Read more “Never underestimate…”

Dear Darlings, Sometimes I fail at this parenting thing so much my heart can’t handle the impact. Sometimes guilt weighs heavily on me…feeling like I failed at… Read more “The Failure”

Dear Darlings, Okay. Okay. I told you a couple of weeks ago I try hard to stay out of political discussions. I try hard to stay just… Read more “Eff civility”

Dear Darlings, Sometimes I really don’t know how I got here. Today was Claire’s very last day of class room driver’s ed. She’ll start behind the wheel… Read more “Trust me”

Dear Darlings, Lucas has left the building. Stan safely delivered him to Washington DC. And anxiety is setting in… This election has amped the stress levels for… Read more “From anxiety to tight security”