“Are you Rachel Stafford?” she asked me over the low roar of party conversation and festive music. When I nodded,…
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The Bully Too Close to Home
During the two years of my overly distracted life, I communicated more to a screen than to the people in…
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Keep Reading
In this space I call “Hands Free Mama,” I write about letting go of distraction to grasp what really…
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The Children Have Spoken
Today is my birthday. It is the big 4-0. A month ago, I began writing a post in anticipation of…
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One Happy Island
I recently wrote a post about the fourteenth wedding anniversary excursion I went on with my husband. Many readers saw…
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Must You Go So Soon?
This is not going to be a pretty message. Nope, nothing pretty about this one. But sometimes life’s most meaningful…
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