Today, I was in pain (my tooth) and stressed out and I reached for my phone to call my dad, of all people. It’s been four years and it’s still a knee jerk reaction to call him. When will that end? Do I really want it to? Sometimes I call my grandparents when I know [...]

I am conflicted about what to write about tonight. Obviously Father’s Day; that’s a no-brainer. My issue is…do I write about our day (which was wonderful, by the way)? Do I write about how wonderful my husband is as a father and parenting partner? Do I write about my own father and stories he would [...]

I’m crying, because I’m tired of wanting and wanting to write, and then sitting down at my computer screen or in front of my journal and having such extreme difficulty getting started. I know what I want to say – my mind and my heart has already composed an entire entry before I even got [...]