by Lisa Marlin | Jan 7, 2017 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting
To my dearest Emmali, I blinked. And it happened. One moment we’re carrying your bedding, clothing and mini-fridge from the back of the packed SUV into the freshman dorm room you’d be sharing with a stranger; the next second, I swear, we’re reserving a U-haul truck so...
by Lisa Marlin | Dec 31, 2016 | Blog, Middle Age, Writing
Dear December 31, 2017 Me, What can I say that you don’t already know? You are at the end of a year that I can only dream about. You have experienced events that I have no idea will end up on the calendar. They are secrets to me now as they should be. If 2015 Me had...
by Lisa Marlin | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog, Parenting
My mother told me that the pain is necessary so I wasn’t praying right to want it gone. She wasn’t rude about it; she didn’t interrupt my prayer, but gently nudged me when I was done. The pain will keep her safe, Mom said while I sat on the edge of the desk next to...
by Lisa Marlin | Jul 31, 2016 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting, Writing
This lopsided life of mine all began while I was living my childhood dream and I looked in the mirror one night and saw the face of a woman I didn’t recognize. Her lips couldn’t form a smile and her right eye wouldn’t close. Later in the emergency room, I first...
by Lisa Marlin | Jun 21, 2016 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting
I downloaded a new screensaver. It’s colorful and cute and occasionally, it cries. My picture perfect grandson entered the world before the sun was up on June 5. His daddy, my son Riles, video called me hours later and I watched my first grandbaby from 700 miles away...
