Assuming you’ve all agreed on a break… what can a teen do with a gap year? Ideally they use the time to build confidence and life skills.
Category: Family
Grief Brain, Who Knew?
My youngest, who has ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), often says that it feels like her brain is filled with bees. Loud and busy and hard to pin down. My oldest, who has dyslexia (and is also convinced she’s on the autism spectrum), says it feels like her brain is filled with slugs. Slow moving and…
When Grief Strikes
I picked up my fourteen year old from school last Monday and she looked unsettled as she got into the car. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “It hit me. In fourth period,” she replied with a deep sigh, hoisting her backpack onto her lap, eyes welling up. I had been waiting for this. The immediate relief…
Caregiving 101
Any time my late husband and I went anywhere during his last year of illness I was on high alert – worried he would fall, or choke, or not able to cut his own food or go to the bathroom without assistance. Of course it was like this at home too, but the difference in…
The Antidote for Grief
My 2022 resolutions were to recover and seek joy, and I’m doing fairly well. On average, however, I still have a “down” day about once a week. A day that I either have zero motivation to get off the couch, or a really high water table and I’m just weepy. To be expected as the…