10 tips to stay out of the power struggle and save your relationship If your teenager is more interested in his phone than talking to you, then this article is for you. It’s not going to promise you that Jesus will save you both. …

Knowing that answer will make all the difference in its success As I type this blog post up my husband is sitting downstairs watching an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Earlier in the evening he was kind enough to bring me home El Pollo Loco. This gave my…

And other things I want to say to unaccepted transgender teens Dear Trans Kid, If you are reading this, I want you to know that you are not alone. It might seem like that, but you’re not. Perhaps you are part of a community that is outwardly hostile toward you. …

How silence, not explanation, was the answer to all my relationship nonsense — I got a private message today from the father of a friend of my almost full grown daughter. After a brief “Hello, how are you?” he launched into a full blown expose about the potential reasons my kid wasn’t returning her daughter’s texts and emails. The deductions he came up…

The hot, steamy, spiritual truth on why pulled the plug on my coffee maker I have been an avid coffee drinker since I’ve been 16. I’m now 50. Even my special ed math kids can come to the approximate conclusion that I’ve been drinking coffee for 34 years. …

And other tips on balancing a day job with a passion I’m not gonna pretend I have this big, sexy, Everything I Could EVER WANT IN A DREAM JOB. Yet. But I’m getting closer every day. Or, better put, every morning. In good times and bad, in sickness and health…

And other lessons from teaching special ed math Every day I fire up the computer and teach Special Ed math for one of the largest school districts in the country. …

And other decisions to consciously slow down I was standing in the middle of a choir room with 70 middle schoolers when I first heard an 1848 Quaker song that made me stop in my tracks. As a war torn sub racing day to day across the city to a…

And other tips from an ex-pill popper For years before I got sober, I was on a variety of anti-depressants for all of my outside issues. My marriage was in the toilet. My son had a condition I couldn’t cure. …