by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Nov 17, 2023 | Thoughts for Families
As I sit down to write this morning, I’m listening to an interview with Barbra Streisand on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. She’s promoting her new memoir. She was huge when I was a teenager. I love some of her songs but was never a serious fan. Until this morning… She...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Oct 9, 2023 | Thoughts for Families
I don’t want to bore you with stories from my childhood but, suffice it to say, there was plenty of trauma to go around for me and my 3 sisters. The 4th birth was even blessed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Not fun. I do, however, want to bring a few things to your...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Sep 28, 2023 | Thoughts for Families
About 7 years ago I built a 400 square foot “granny flat” in my daughter’s backyard. She had just had twins and I wanted to be part of this next generation in spirit and presence, if not in agility and current slang. It tested me in ways I never anticipated. It had...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Aug 18, 2023 | Thoughts for Families
The Internet says anger usually comes from fear, pain, or frustration/injustice. Let’s look for some detail to flesh this out. I think the cool guys would say, “Let’s unpack that.” I was angry recently. It was a combination of all three: The pain came from the love I...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Jul 11, 2023 | Thoughts for Families
A good night’s sleep is a marvelous thing. I find myself cranky for no apparent reason when my sleep isn’t good. It never fails to amuse me how my vocabulary and word and name recall deteriorate drastically after a night of poor sleep. This is just one person’s...
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