Lessons I Hope They Remember (That We Forget)

New series!

Parenting is a roller coaster. Some days you feel like you’re winning. You’re half therapist and half philosopher on the way to soccer practice. Other days, you’re just trying to remember if anyone brushed their teeth.

But in the middle of all that chaos, there are these little moments. The conversations, questions, and mistakes that turn into life lessons. The ones that I learned the hard way, and am hoping my kids have it a little bit easier. The lessons that I look at myself and wish I had learned sooner.

This series is about those lessons.

I’m calling it “Lessons I Hope They Remember (That We Forget)” because honestly, that’s what most of this feels like. I’m not just teaching my kids, I’m reteaching myself. I’m looking at other adults I interact with and realize that a lot of us have forgotten the basics.

Things like: How to say no without guilt. How to be curious instead of judgmental. How to take turns. How to walk away. How to find your people. Like I said, the basics. The stuff we somehow knew when we were small and slowly started to forget as life got busy.

These are the lessons I hope stick with them longer than algebra or how to properly load a dishwasher (although, fingers crossed on that one too). They’re the reminders that being a good human doesn’t always mean getting it right; it means showing up, paying attention, and staying kind even when it’s hard.

Each post will tackle one of those life moments. The kind of thing you can talk about over pancakes or while driving to sports. Some of them will be funny, some thoughtful, and hopefully, all of them useful, whether you’re raising kids or just trying to remember how to raise yourself a little better.

So here we go: a parenting series that’s really about being human. For the little people we love and the big people we’re still becoming.

Let’s remember together.