by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Nov 11, 2020 | Thoughts for Families
As a new mom, I once decided that I would measure my success as a mother by whether my children lied to me. Looking back on this, I want to reach out and give myself a big, reassuring hug and tell my younger self that this was a very unrealistic and ungenerous...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Oct 12, 2020 | Thoughts for Families
I love it when someone trusts me enough to ask for what they want! My mind reading ain’t what it used to be… Maybe it’s just me but when you were a kid, do you remember thinking that grown-ups knew how to handle everything? Little did I know that, as an adult, the...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Sep 9, 2020 | Thoughts for Families
It is hard to ignore what this pandemic means to me and my family. Certainly, it has changed how we shop for groceries (delivery or curb pick up), how we attend school (Nana as on-line co-teacher but offering no recess with classmates), and how we celebrate (socially...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Aug 4, 2020 | Thoughts for Families
The other day my grandson, Max, 4, said, “Nana, when are we going to the Show and Tell House?” We were in the car on the way to Oak Creek Canyon for a change of scenery, beach towels and floaties at the ready. Max was once enrolled in a preschool class so the...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Jul 24, 2020 | Thoughts for Families, Uncategorized
I’m thinking a lot about what it means to have a traumatized teen enter my home. I’ve told him that in this home we don’t have sex with kids or hit them. I’ve told him the household routines he can expect. I’ve made sure that coming to my home was his choice, not...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Jun 4, 2020 | Thoughts for Families
Off my chest Whose journey is this? Who is the traveler and who are the attendants on their journey? We have a responsibility not only to these hurting children and their families but also to the systems and institutions that contributed to their marginalization and...
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