“Harmless” comments can actually be hurtful, so choose well… Advice on what to say and what not to say when trying to offer support.
Author: Nikki Louiselle
celebrating syb…
It’s been eight years since I wrote these words and spoke them at her memorial.Eight years since we said our “see-you-laters” to this beautiful spirit…our mother, our grandmother, our great-grandmother.She was bossy, vocal, boundlessly energetic, and loyal…so very loyal. The pride and love that she allowed all of us to grow up enveloped in were…
time for her to fly…
Yesterday was the day. Freshman year college move-in day for our daughter. And it went a bit differently than I anticipated…however, in all the good ways. But, let me go back a bit… Three years ago, we moved Mason in for his first day of Freshman year. I really had no idea what to expect….
hot off the press…
Well…here it is guys. I’m in a magazine. Actually…”hot” off the press is not exactly true. The magazine came back from the print company and was published last week. It published the day after my dad’s heart procedure…the day he went into isolation. I didn’t feel it was the right time to share this kind…
#senior.mom.problems…
If you know me…you had to know there was a post like this swimming around in my head somewhere. I mean, really….you knew it was coming. It’s mid-May and I have a high-school senior. How could it not be brewing?!? I think that I’m really glad that I didn’t have my blog when Mason graduated….