by Lisa Marlin | Mar 21, 2015 | Blog, Parenting, Writing
…the napkin note is not forbidden. It has long been a secret passage into my children’s hearts.
by Lisa Marlin | Jul 27, 2014 | Blog, Parenting, Running
We laughed…after the first 5k we ran together…after she got to the finish line a good four minutes ahead of me and realized that running isn’t really hard to do. Hard. But not really.
by Lisa Marlin | Mar 9, 2014 | Blog, Parenting, Spiritual
A rush of memories poured over me – like the nine-year-old Emmali who served me a Cheez-It cracker and red Gatorade in a shot glass at home because I’d missed communion at church to tend to her younger sister who was sick…
by Lisa Marlin | Nov 10, 2013 | Blog, Parenting
Grace made a grown-up decision to be a child for the afternoon. She’s been doing that a lot lately in this time between pretend proms with her junior high friends and presenting her case for why I should allow her to wear make-up for real. I gave in with one...
by Lisa Marlin | Aug 25, 2013 | Blog, Parenting
(I wrote the following from my youngest daughter’s perspective. When she read it, she said “Spot on,” mocking her older sister who says this when she agrees with what I’m wearing or cooking.) Seven years is too far apart. It means I’m left here...
