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...
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...
