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“Teach me.” “Show me how to do that.” “Can I try?” Those are some of my favorite words out of a kid’s mouth. Little guys want to do everything (especially crack eggs into the cake batter…God help [...]

I often ponder the moments that I would like to rewind and undo. And then I am immediately confronted with how awful it would be to not have stories about moments that you would like to rewind [...]

Some people say having kids changes you. But I say that having kids unveils the real you. Take me, for example. Before I had kids I was patient, kind, magnanimous and upright. After kids I [...]

As a therapist, I believe in the importance of good theoretical knowledge, unconditional positive regard, affective attunement and a safe holding-space, along with perfectly timed insightful [...]

When I moved to California 20 years ago, I was appalled by the sudden increase in the amount of waiting required every day. Everything was so crowded here compared to my small Georgia town and my [...]

If I had had the energy to stop and take a picture you would have seen what I saw. A beautiful flat bike path meandering through the surrounding hills. Yucca plants leaping joyously from the [...]

He promises that no matter how loveless your calendar may be, his steadfast love never ceases. No matter how many permanent ink mistakes you make, his mercies never come to an end. No [...]

Sadness, anger, disappointment. They are emotions that threaten to drown us. But if we learn how to be with them, we discover that they round us rather than flatten us.

This photo is evidence of the miraculous and a humbling of my pride. Fortunately, if you have to be humbled, it’s great to be humbled by the miraculous. And I count orchids as [...]

After ten years of walking the earth with my delightful little pixie, I knew exactly what those giant eyeballs were exuding. Disaster. I was frozen to the earth as her little hands held out the [...]