They carved one heart in their yard tree, long ago. Last night she wept beside the marking, showing what was and what won’t be. She tried to be happy that she lived with such love but that was her head happy. Her heart is torn. Permanence is fantasy. Love is a delicious seducer of forever.
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Back to school has begun or is around the corner. For some parents it is the first time being an empty nester and for others, it continues to drop tears. How can you not weep when you love someone and know you won’t see them for a while? What did you think
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In our parent group, I suggested each share what they will miss and what they look forward to when they aren’t parents every day. I suggested they remember to allow different parts of them to speak, the confident one, the brave one, the sad one, the freedom one, etc. We forget we have so many
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A mother called in a panic that she had a fight with her son and he walked out, slamming the door. He leaves in three weeks for college. She feels he has already left. She wept. You will make mistakes in parenting. Sooner than later, both will feel better with a real apology. Not the
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My friend is attached to her phone waiting for that happy call from her daughter, “Mom, get here. Baby is on the way.” First time grandmother is feeling life couldn’t be any happier for her entire family. She adores her daughter and son in law. She is canceling what she can to be available
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A family shared with me that more than anything, they appreciate their freedom. Each night they light a candle, all eight of the family members and say, “THANK YOU THAT WE ARE TOGETHER. THANK YOU THAT WE ARE FREE.” They have been wounded, lost, hungry, alone, separated, and terrified. Yes, they have days where they
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A mother gave me permission to share this story with you. Summer and the living is easy. Not for her. Her mind traps her like bricks on her face. She can’t see her beauty or feel her confidence. This is new for her. Sure she has felt bricks on her face in past years. Stuckness
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Maybe it is the warmth and long sunshine days that are affecting parents feeling good or maybe it is they have more inner resources. A group shared with me that they are getting so much better at letting it go. The nagging is less, the carrying around their cell phone 24/7 in the hopes of
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She can’t afford a getaway this summer. Family vacation before he leaves for college isn’t happening. Tears are falling and it is summer. Here is what you could gather for yourself: 1. Healing energy of water. Walk by it. Step in it. Let it float you.2. Shift things in your living room and bedroom. Make
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I need to change. Here’s my story. I do and did too much for my child as he was growing up. I had guilt about being gone and a bad childhood relationship with my parents. I over compensate for my past. I want to be liked so I give and give and give to my
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Summer sweetness. A woman shared with me that what she wanted to change was being so hard on herself. I laid out photos. She chose two, one the sweetness of these nectarines, the other the hydrangeas. We wrote, side by side, silently about summer. Sharing her words that she wished were brilliant, AKA, the pusher,
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None of those photos are my dad. They are my dad’s imaginary best friends. I loved seeing him, just home from a match, club bag on arm and clicking sounding shoes, coming across the floor. Not his profession, his weekend obsession. If he wasn’t in a game, as he grew frail, he and I would
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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org
