Let me tell you a little story about the circle of life. Yesterday, my 80-year-old mom told my nearly 50-year-old self to bring my laundry upstairs. Then, she instructed me how to clean a pot I’ve had for two decades. And then, when I was packing a few boxes for returns, she reminded me to […]

So yesterday I went to the dentist for the first time since my son passed. I’ve been dreading it. I’ve been going there for many, many years. I walk in the door and the receptionist greets me and asks “how are your boys?” I tell the story, and have barely pulled myself together when the […]

A mother was concerned about her kindergarten son walking to school. He didn’t want his mother to walk with him. She wanted to give him the feeling that he had some independence but yet know that he was safe. So, she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a neighbor if she […]

I just moved to Bettendorf, IA at the first of the month and was shopping in Hy-Vee. I take the public bus there. I get to the checkout and the cashier starts scanning my groceries when I realize I had left my EBT card at home. I tell her to void the whole thing and […]