Being the mom of two teens and a 10-year-old means a fair amount of my time is in my minivan shuttling kids back and forth from various activities. Driving is as much in my job description as are chief meal maker, laundry wrangler, and sibling arbitrator. I’m a mom, I drive. Nothing special or out of the ordinary about that.Or is there? Until the age of 34 I had never, … [Read more...]
Lost and Found
As I was sliding down the hill, I had to question the wisdom of taking the trail my 12-year-old son, Tom, wanted to take. I figured that because I was with my dad, it would be OK. But my dear 71-year-young father was way ahead of me and wasn’t looking back. I’d lost sight of him. Tom was behind me, exclaiming that this was the best day of his life. For a minute I … [Read more...]
