My daughter glumly pouts as I prod her to eat breakfast. "I don't wanna go to school today." The words fall like freshly collected eggs. No taking them back. No missing their meaning. And I can't just leave them there like nothing happened. "You don't want to go to school?" I blandly reply, not really … Continue reading Enlarge Your World
Month: December 2019
What Love Was For
I am slowly, and at times painfully, learning what it means to "hold a space" for someone. Because I am also learning that it makes all the difference in the world, I am willing to be terrible at it so I can eventually figure it out. So first--what does "holding a space" mean? Is it … Continue reading What Love Was For
the well-rested mother 