If you’re anything like me, you’re probably feeling inundated with all of the advice, comfort, encouragement, tough talk, pep talks, and other messages flooding your inbox this week. I struggled with writing this because I find when I’m feeling oversaturated, my friends usually are too. But at the risk of pouring water into an already…
byJody Lee Cates
Friendship
Making and keeping friends in life’s second half might feel different from when we were kids. But in some ways, it’s still very much the same. I spent the day yesterday with two women who have been friends since birth. Their parents brought them home from the hospital as babies to a neighborhood where they…
The thought of starting something new has always filled me with joy and excitement. That is when the “something new” has been my idea. Not so much when the new thing or season or situation happens to me versus because of me. In this second half-season of life, I’m finding myself heading into new territory that’s a mixture of…
One day, when your adult kids are fully grown human beings, you’ll probably think they’re some of the coolest people you know. You’ll want to hang out with them as much as possible. And sometimes, they’ll want to hang out with you. Whether that day seems far away (I see you shaking your head!), like…
We can’t move forward if we keep looking back. Seems pretty obvious, right? But some things make it hard to stop trying to catch a glimpse of days gone by in the rearview mirror. For me, it’s having kids that have grown and launched into the world (Yes, praise the Lord! But golly, I miss…