This past weekend, my older teenage daughters and I were sitting and chatting, eating cheese crackers and catching up. I have been delighted to find that when they pass the rockiest of the adolescent years (I surely hope), they do want to hang out occasionally with mom again and my daughters actually ASK me to spend time with them. Okay, that’s the good part. The not-so-great part is that now that they are older, they provide some comment and reflection on how I’ve gone about the business of parenting. This past weekend, the conversation came around to “mom’s cooling down … Continue reading →