by Kelly Richardson | Dec 19, 2023 | Aging Parents, Just Doing Life, Relationships, Self Care
When good meets good, you create magic. I took my mom to visit my Dad this weekend. It’s her first Christmas in almost 60 years without him. She wanted to visit, sit with him, share what’s been happening, and tell him how much she misses him. We arrived at the...
by Kelly Richardson | Nov 2, 2023 | Just Doing Life, Parenting, Relationships, Teenagers
Every Sunday I get the best text of the week. “Hey… Will you make me a casserole”. It comes from my middle child, the one who doesn’t ask for much. The independent one, a hard working college student, not a big talker, and the one who rarely leans on others. I call...
by Kelly Richardson | Sep 26, 2023 | Just Doing Life, Relationships, Self Care
It was the start of the 4th quarter in a highly intense football game. I was sitting at the very last row—the tippy-top —by myself. I like to pace, not sit still when things get stressful so I often sit alone during those kind of games. At one point I looked left and...
by Kelly Richardson | Aug 29, 2023 | Just Doing Life, Parenting, Self Care, Teenagers
Dear Parents of High School Juniors, As someone who has the privilege of working with high school students every day, hear me out on this one. Sometimes things are so obvious that we fail to take notice. Please, please, please, stop telling your precious child that...
by Kelly Richardson | Jun 20, 2023 | Aging Parents, Relationships, Self Care
In March I joined the club no one wants to be in. It’s the club for those who lost a parent. It’s for those with a loss that hits you in your bones, a profound sense of emptiness that only those who have experienced it can understand. You can’t be in it until you’re...
