“You just wait” This was the warning a friend had given me about the first Thanksgiving break we would have since our son left for college. “You’ll be counting down the minutes until he goes back to school.” I remember thinking: “She’s insane, I can’t wait for him to come home!” But waiting is exactly […]
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When you get “The Call”
What to do when you get “the call” It is bound to happen, sooner or later you are going to get one of these calls; you will hear your son or daughter’s voice and your heart will plummet … “um, mom, I need to tell you something”. And you wait for the other shoe to […]
Put the Cookie Down….
So it’s been a few days or even weeks since you dropped your child off at school and you might still be struggling with your “new normal”. You may be telling yourself things like: • Snap out of it already! • What is wrong with you- get over it! • Everyone else seems to be […]
Beware the Compare and Despair
So there you are innocently thumping melons when it happens…That woman, you know the one you tried hard to avoid the whole time your kid was in high school? The one with the perfect hair, body, kids, life? Before you can scoot away she has spotted you and cornered you between the arugula and squash. […]