My kids don’t have to like my reasons. That’s my job. What are you saying no to today?

life is 50/50... 50% joy and 50% suffering. We can try to eliminate the 50% we don't enjoy, but without the contrast of emotions, the joy...

I’ve learned that chaos doesn’t have to equal misery. It is possible to enjoy reality, complete with surprises, imperfections, and disappoin

We may think we are fragile, but when something huge and monstrous tries to crush us, we survive.

The more I told myself how terrible I was, the more I yelled. So now I tell myself the truth: Sometimes good moms yell at their kids.