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...
by Kelly Richardson | Jun 13, 2023 | Just Doing Life, Relationships, Self Care
When is life ever going to go my way? I am sorry, I don’t know that answer. Nothing good ever happens to me. Yet, I replied. What? she asked with complete doubt. Yet, I said. Over the course of the next few months anytime she would say something applicable, I would...
by Kelly Richardson | May 17, 2023 | Just Doing Life, Parenting, Relationships, Self Care, Teenagers
We move them in— we move them out. It’s the longest shortest nine months What happens during the dash of drop off and pick up is a different kind of growth. It’s the kind of growth you can’t predict or prepare for and the kind of growth every young person needs. They...
by Kelly Richardson | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Just Doing Life, Loss and Grief, Parenting, Relationships, Self Care, Teenagers
They prepare you for the first goodbye. You know what to expect and you feel armed with tools to get you through. Lunches with friends, traveling, remodeling a room or two, finding new interests. It helps salve the parent-heart that suddenly feels so lost and empty....
by Kelly Richardson | Jan 17, 2023 | Featured, Just Doing Life, Relationships, Self Care
Matthew McConaughey would call it a GREENLIGHT. In his book (highly recommend!!), he describes a yellow light or red light as something that slows us down– perhaps an interruption, a hardship, a failure, or a disappointment. A GREENLIGHT, though, is a sign to “go,...
