An Armor for the Holiday Season and Beyond

I recently heard someone quip that 2020 will soon become an adjective synonym of unexpected or unprecedented. As in, “I feel 2020” or, “That was very 2020 of him.” Someone else said it might be better to use it is as a verb: “Can you 2020 that?” At this point in the year most ofContinue reading “An Armor for the Holiday Season and Beyond”

On the Work of the Middle Years

I don’t hear a lot of people talking often about the middle years: those years between the little years and the teens years. I’ve heard about (and lived through!) the physical exhaustion of diapers, nighttime feedings, running behind a toddler. I’ve also heard about the emotional exhaustion of staying late talking with your teens, theContinue reading “On the Work of the Middle Years”