Tag: real-life

This year was, in all likelihood, the only summer I will ever spend at home with my kids.  I wish I had been able...

2020 has left many of us feeling, well. . .lost. This is a very uncertain time for all of us. No one is exempt...

I wish this pandemic had never happened. I don’t think I’m alone in thinking this. I have days where I sit in my favorite...

It starts at home. As parents, we've all seen this phrase and know it to be true. We know the earlier and more often...

Friends, we are living in some unreal times. As if the events of this past week were not hard enough to face as a...

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of...

I’m going to cut to the chase. Wear. A. Mask. In. Public. I know it might feel weird. I know it might make some people feel...

My deadline has come and gone, and yet I still stare at a blank screen without a clue as to what I should write....

I became a mother in December 2011 and we brought our daughter home from the hospital to a condo in North Liberty. We had...

I wake up differently now. I don't want to sleep in. I want to get out of bed and get the day going. It starts...