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Dear 16 Year Old Me

May 14, 2015 By elinwaldal 13 Comments

Dear 16-Year-Old Me, Just you wait. Oh, how I cringe when I hear those three words. I cringe because what is inferred is this: you don’t have a clue, you […]

Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: Dear 16 Year Old Me, Dear Daughter, Dear Son, Parenting, Teenagers

Things to Come

Nov 22, 2014 By elinwaldal 20 Comments

On Thursday morning Jimmy and I brought our youngest daughter to the airport, she was headed off to Orlando to play lacrosse. Although she had traveled alone a number of […]

Filed Under: Empty Nest, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Empty nest, Love, Mother, Teenagers

The Passage of Time

Nov 29, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 22 Comments

Tonight as the night began to draw her curtain against the sun I couldn’t help but think how fast the years have slipped past. Sometimes I want to set the […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: High school graduation, NaBloPoMo13, Present moment, Teenagers

Backseat of a forward moving car

Jul 2, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 8 Comments

  Zipping past me in a blur of color is Rancho Santa Fe, if one were to slow the car–and time–you would see beauty abounds. There by the roadside a […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: coming of age, driving, Motherhood, Teenagers

Where do we go from here: a look at The Grammy’s and the music collaboration between Rihanna and Chris Brown

Feb 22, 2012 By elinwaldal 1 Comment

Many people are focused on the collaboration between Chris Brown and Rihanna—but for a moment I would like to step back in time and redirect our attention to the underlying […]

Filed Under: Women's Health & Wellness, Women's Issues Tagged With: Chris Brown, Domestic Violence, Forgiveness, Grammys, Rihanna, Teenagers, Victim Bame

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