Tag Archives: friendship
Sheltering in Their Place
In June 2020, hours after moving into an apartment, my daughter and I stood in the street holding our dogs, hypnotized by billowing smoke. We lost everything. Later, a friend asked how I was doing. “Living it up at the … Continue reading
A Recipe for Healing
At 19, I left my first adult relationship. I lived alone, working for minimum wage at a coffeehouse in Rochester, N.Y. Consumed by anxiety and loss, I stopped eating. Within the month of September, I lost 20 pounds. One afternoon, … Continue reading
No Obligations
Stop hanging out with people who don’t make you feel good about yourself or your parenting. You’re not obligated to be friends with anyone, even if they’re the parents of your children’s friends. Showing your kids that there’s no place … Continue reading
Around the Lake
For three decades, Jo Ann and I spent Friday afternoons walking around Minnesota’s Lake Winona. We walked through pregnancies and miscarriages, through homeopathy school and university tenure, through Weight Watchers and evolving wardrobes, through caring for daughters (and sometimes their … Continue reading
Your Time
Right now allow others to fawn over you as as you are rewarded for thing both seen and unseen, such as the emotional support you’ve been giving everyone .Let your hair down and a bit and graciously receive the attention … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 