Last week I wrote about my deep need to withdraw . It's been an especially difficult summer with my mother's illness and eventual death, but this season is often stressful for me anyway because my children are home from school. I would not trade the quality time with them for the world, but there is no structure and very little [...]
A marriage counselor once asked my former husband and me what part we each played at the end of the Thanksgiving meal. Did we pop up and start clearing dishes or did we remain seated, rooted in conversation with other diners? I am a stay seated kind of gal. When people start buzzing around me clearing and [...]
It's the first week of summer vacation. The kids are home every day. My mom-friend and I decided we feel scattered. There is no routine or structure, just reacting to everyone's current needs. Alone time is found in short drives to pick up kids and while folding sheets in the laundry room. If I'm lucky, I get up [...]
