Forgiveness has gifts for us, if we are ready. Feelings that protect us can also hold us back. We hear a lot about forgiveness — why it is important, good for us, and worth attempting. But why is it so hard? How do we know that we are ready? What is forgiveness? Forgiving is not…
Your marriage is ending, and you are a parent. In the midst of upheaval and strong feelings, you have to make complex and critically important choices. Where to live? How to keep finances manageable? If and how to use lawyers? How to divide parenting time and responsibilities? No matter how frantic or devastated you feel,…
Our children change every day as they grow; as parents we are on an endless path of learning and growing, too. What should I say now? How can I get that done? Add divorce and it can be overwhelming. I have heard that soldiers from the world wars defined themselves in the intensity of battle…
I wasn’t always sure that I wanted kids. My feminist self feared that motherhood would shuffle me off to the sidelines of life. Early in my career, professional success gleamed like a silver bauble on the Christmas tree, and I had no way to comprehend how it might tarnish. Nor had I any idea, really,…
