Lisa Barr is the author of The Unbreakables (HarperCollins) a delicious, sharp novel about a Chicago woman who jets off to France after…
Tag: parenting
When I began writing MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES, I was in my fifteenth year of classroom teaching, a job…
My emergence as a writer and a mother occurred nearly simultaneously—I was suddenly flooded with stories when I was pregnant…
I sat in my very first writer’s workshop the week after I left my soon-to-be-ex-husband. I was going to chase…
As part of our week on “character spin-offs,” I’m sharing an epistolary piece on parenting a high school senior. (Been there,…
Whenever I think about caring for oneself, I always remember the well-known, highly effective parenting technique that I utilized with…
And there you are, sitting in the waiting area, while your 9-year-old son Steven is off interviewing with the head of admissions from…
So you may have noticed that my post this morning was late. Here’s why: life. More specifically? Kids. My whole…
In my family’s language , “funny stories” translates to “let’s embarrass the children.” And so, with no further ado: When…
Oh, balance, where art thou? Somewhere in the last four years (note the milestone here–four years ago was when my…
