I'm so grateful to share my parenting journey
with so many thoughtful, loving and funny people. 
What would I do without you all as support and sounding boards?

I was reminded of the wealth and value of this community tonight, at our middle school, when the smart and empathic Carrie Contey spoke to a library full of parents about teenagers and stress. There was Carrie, offering scientific explanations, good ideas and just plain old understanding, and there were all these moms and dads — some needing Spanish translation, some with little ones still at their knees, some chuckling about their adolescents and some pulling their hair out.

But nevermind all that. Because we were there altogether, for a few hours on a dark and rainy night, and when you go home after something like that it is not alone, but in good company. Which is, I think, the point…

Grateful for good company….