by Lisa Marlin | May 12, 2016 | Blog, Parenting, Published
My daughter Emmali [emma ⋅ lee] just finished her spring finals and is now officially a college senior! Seems like only yesterday I woke her so she’d be on time for the last day of high school. I think this letter that I wrote to her three years ago will...
by Lisa Marlin | May 7, 2016 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting
“Do you ever regret having kids?” my daughter asks as she continues scrolling through Instagram posts on her phone. She’s sitting in the passenger seat as I drive to pick up a teammate to take them to practice. She has asked me this question countless times and...
by Lisa Marlin | Apr 27, 2016 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting
It’s my fault that he left in a U-Haul in the middle of the night. He might try to tell you differently, but don’t believe him. A mother just knows. Especially a mom who once did the same thing. How could I have known a decision I made when I was 19 would have such an...
by Lisa Marlin | Apr 10, 2016 | Blog, Parenting, Published
As I heard the shuffle of feet and mumbled chatter above me, I shook my head in disbelief. Was I really squatted under the gymnasium bleachers? Yes. And this is why. After dropping my kids off at school, I reluctantly continued my drive into work. I got about five...
by Lisa Marlin | Apr 4, 2016 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting
I swear I can still hear my mother’s voice telling me to look both ways when I cross the street, to wear clean underwear in case a bus hits me anyway, and especially this one: “Lisa Ann, don’t cover your potatoes completely with water when you boil them.” That...
by Lisa Marlin | Mar 23, 2016 | Blog, Parenting, Running
When my teenage daughter wheezed and bent over, crying out, “I don’t know why you do this!” I almost sent her home. Instead, I told her to keep going, that I knew she had it in her. I really wanted her to enjoy running like I did. She didn’t. Nevertheless, she’d show...
