My six-year-old recently woke me up in the early-morning hours. It was still dark outside and I was snuggled under a stack of blankets, fast asleep. He was doing me a huge favor. “It’s 6:34.” His tone was part confused, part admonishing. It was a school morning, after all. We should’ve been up and getting […]
Tag: family life
In the chaos of family & ADHD, make some time for yourself
Stop telling yourself you haven’t earned time for yourself. Ask for what you need, do a little — even if it’s only a little — every day, and most of all, stop waiting for a good time. There’s no guarantee you’ll get a better time than right now.
Women, ADHD, and expectations of kin-keeping
This post was updated (and audio narration added) on December 9, 2020. Some time ago, an interview on NPR caught my ear because it used a word I’d never heard before to describe a concept I live and breathe on this blog. The topic was kin-keeping: all the acts, big and small, that keep family […]