Road signs, banners, and energetic coeds shouting “You’re with us!” directed our steps and welcomed our daughter as she first set foot onto her college campus. The next few days were all about game-day traditions, activity fairs, and introductions. Student leaders and organized events helped our daughter transition into an exciting new phase of life she knew nothing about, because no matter how much she had anticipated and planned, she had never lived it. But what about us

My friends, my oldest child got her learner’s license today. They gave my tiny baby girl a license to drive. I cannot believe this! As she was sitting there filling out her paperwork and signing her temporary permit, all I could think was “What are you people thinking?!? You are giving a baby a license to drive heavy machinery!” I know, I know. These are rites of passage. Moments when we are hit in the face with the reality that our children are growing. They are sprin

I love my life as a Life Coach. The great purpose of life coaching is to help people who are moving through change or need to make a big change in their lives and don’t know quite where to start. Whether it’s dealing with changes in career, life stages, or health, I’m usually in the “helper” seat working with clients to take steps toward something big in their lives. But sometimes, life can change everything and the teacher becomes the very reluctant student. On February 7