Catherine DeCenzo is a hilarious tale-teller who can be found writing over at Cat’s Out of the Bag. I recently watched a very touching video of a woman standing in front of her book club reading excerpts from a book on letting go of children as they journey into adulthood. Tissues came out, tears welled up …
Penelope Lemov has witnessed the hazards of giving advice to adult children, and hopes others can learn from her husband’s errors (not hers, of course!). Read more from Penelope on her blog. When it comes to giving our grown children advice (the unsolicited variety), it’s seller beware. Paterfamilias, for one, thought he had mastered that elementary …
My son is going into his senior year in college. Making decisions about his future. Trying to figure out who he is. How he wants to carve out a life for himself that will prove productive and fulfilling. I have a keen interest in all that is him. I have only the one child. Poor …
Carol Graham shares an open letter to her estranged son. Read more from Carol on her blog. You were so tiny. My firstborn. My son. Adopting a baby required an extensive amount of soul searching. There was no doubt. Our prayers were answered when she placed you in my arms. My baby. And yet….you walked away. …
They say hindsight is 20/20. I am gaining perspective on the decade I exited a few months hence. In some ways it was my least favorite. In some, one of my more dear. If you can have favorites for that kind of thing. So what did I learn ten years after turning fifty? 1) How to …
