Reflections

There have been many times in our family where life felt so hard and stayed feeling so hard for much longer than I expected it to.

I would spend weeks thinking that once we got through a particular thing, once everyo...

For years I thought good parenting meant staying calm on the outside no matter what I was carrying underneath.

I got that from everywhere. Hold it together. Don't let them see you rattled. Be the steady one. And I tr...

This piece was first published on Kristy's Substack. Shared here so it's easier to find.

"A child gives one word, and the adult wants a paragraph. A teenager shares one feeling, and the parent asks five questions. T...