The Burden of Secrecy
I have been away from my blog for too long. It isn’t that I have not had anything to say; rather, it is that I have been trying to protect myself and my family. As a mother of two children...
Finding Your Freedom Outdoors
There is a deep sense of finding your freedom when you are surrounding yourself in nature. The trees, grass, birds, animals, and breeze don’t judge you. Outside we are all equally important, but with unequal strengths. It is a beautiful...
Getting Over Depression and Growing Braver
If my maxim for 2018 was to “live brave,” then it seems only right that in 2019 it would be to “grow braver!” This means that I’m going to have to allow myself to be more vulnerable as I’m acknowledging...
Being Valued And Loving Your Job
What would your life look like if you absolutely loved your job? Do you know what it looks like when someone is passionate about going to work every day? I want to share a story that inspires me every day...
How Do I Deal With The Emotional Pain Of Autism?
I am regarded as a calm, cool, and collected woman ready to take on a challenge at any moment. I’ve built up my resilience over the years and created a thicker than average skin by standing up to physicians, educators,...
How To Survive Change In A Rapidly Changing World
In an instant life changes. Most of the time we can correct our course and get back on track relatively quickly. Sometimes the changes are life-altering. Sometimes the changes are life ending. Yesterday was not a great day for Luke...
A Summer of Hope and New Beginnings
This summer has been full of endings and new beginnings. I suppose you can’t have one without the other, an end of something naturally leads to a new beginning. Sometimes we know just when this is happening, like today as...
Momming in the Summertime
When you have young children, life suddenly changes at the end of each May. School is out, and summer vacation begins, adding seven more hours of direct supervision of my dear little one. We are on vacation in lovely Cape...
Old MacDonald Was A Mother Hen
What I’m saying, and what my children are hearing, are two different things. Apparently, this is universal because Charles M. Schultz, the creator of The Peanuts comics, demonstrated this when his child characters were speaking to adults the voice answered back:...
Is it time for your team to get a tune up?
Are you waiting for a breakthrough moment? Several years ago my daughter Lindsey* came home and pronounced “I did it all by myself, with help!” I don’t recall what she had learned or if it had been anything monumental. It...
Lisa Dempsey, Author
