by Rebecca Cavender | friendships, relationships, rome |
“It’s going to be my 40th birthday and I want to do something fun. Let’s all meet in Italy and spend time in Tuscany drinking wine,” wrote my friend from my Kenya over a year ago. How could I resist such an offer? I couldn’t. There were times –...
by Rebecca Cavender | holidays as a single parent, mother's day, relationships |
“Mom! Mommmmm! Wake UP!” implored my six year old this morning as she poke-poke-poked me on the shoulder. I groaned and pulled the covers tightly over my head while mumbling something about it being Mother’s Day and that meant I got to do whatever I...
by Rebecca Cavender | going home, looking forward, relationships |
On the drive home from school today in the hot, rusty, multicolored car, my daughter and I played with two of her dolls: a mother and a child. I was the mom. She was the little girl. Play like this often includes processing real-life situations. Today...
by Rebecca Cavender | healing, moving home, relationships, self-love |
Sometimes we make plans and hang our hopes on an unforeseen future – one we’re committed to. One we’re sure will, well … go to plan. Life doesn’t usually dole out the expected, though. Or maybe it does, but not when we expect it to or...
