Here is a list of my articles by category. This page is copied from Joan Gershman with gratitude. My Categories (in alphabetical order): Birth and Parenting You have to fill the empty nest… Or it is really sad. When my youngest kid went to college a few years back, it felt so WEIRD to be home with just my…lynnethompson574.medium.com Surrendering to Motherhood with my au pair’s help I met my husband a bit later in our lives. He was 30 and I was 32. I had been married 7 years before that, and it was…lynnethompson574.medium.com

How far back do you remember? Not sure how this happens, but at my later age, I look back and really remember things, things from my childhood, specific events, days that happened over 50 years ago. My earliest memory is when I was about 3 years old. We lived in…

I have over 30 years experience in IT, working as a technical writer, a process analyst, and a business analyst. Workflows are Us When I work with processes, I usually do a a flowchart to study the existing steps in the process (some call this an “As-Is” flow). I…

When I was younger, I loved the song by Edith Piaf — “Non, je ne regrette rien” Edith Piaf had been through so much in her life, starting out as the child of a prostitute, raised on the streets of Paris, growing up to be an amazing singer, but she…

I wanted to tell you all the crooked and shiny ways that I loved you. how the smell of the earth reminded me of holding you close. how you looked to me like a bent tree, weary but strong. I wanted to tell you that I saw myself differently now…

I have always travelled — my Dad was a commercial airline pilot and we flew for almost free until we were of age. Believe me, that first trip after age 21 was very tough — I couldn’t believe how much I had to pay for it! We used to fly…

I use little games, tricks and promised rewards to motivate myself. Like this morning, I got up early and was starting the coffee. There were dishes in the sink and I knew I should change the clean ones in the dishwasher and start a new load. I didn’t feel like…

But I hid it because I knew you were not supposed to still like baby dolls They came out with this doll the Christmas I was 12 years old that had a light sensor in it and cried when you turned out the light. You could make the baby stop…