by Sheryl Lisa Finn | May 7, 2023 | Parenthood transitions |
I decided to take the long way home. I had just dropped off our younger son at a sleepover, and our older one is in Kenya for two weeks on a service trip with his school. My husband and I would have twenty hours without children in the house – a rare occurrence... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 13, 2012 | Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Parenthood transitions |
I don’t know why some people experience the pain and loss of transitions and milestones more than others. Perhaps it’s an inborn personality trait; perhaps it’s connected to childbirth or postnatal trauma where babies were separated from their... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 16, 2011 | Parenthood transitions, Transitions - General |
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know that my older son, Everest, has been struggling with nighttime fears for almost two years now. Just after he turned five, he started seeing “scary shapes” in the blankets, then shapes on the... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Oct 11, 2010 | Parenthood transitions |
My dear friend, Stephen, called me a few days ago while on his morning walk. We don’t speak often, but when we do we always dive right into the heart of the matter, and this time he started the conversation with a loud declaration through his cell phone on the...
