Becoming Selene: The Hardest Lessons

November 6, 2025

We love our Greenlight cards. We were early adopters and they have served us well. Their current ad campaign, at least on podcasts which is where I normally hear them, says something about how parents report financial literacy is the…

Becoming Selene: OUCH

August 20, 2025

Here’s the deal. We pour everything we have into creating and nurturing these small creatures. They hang on our every word and their eyes light up when they see us. Then they turn four and we hit “first adolescence.” They’re…

Becoming Selene – The Playlist

June 3, 2025

It’s said that in adolescence, mothers transition from being the sun around which their children orbit to being the moon, always lingering nearby and casting a glowing light. In Greek mythology, Selene was the moon goddess, personified. This space exists…

Becoming Selene: On the Cleaning of the Rooms

June 2, 2025

It’s kind of a trope, right? The whole “messy teen room” thing? If you’re a comic page reader like I am — and yes, we still get a paper newspaper everyday — you might be familiar with “Zits.” Zits features…

Becoming Selene Pop Quiz: Parenting Through College

April 12, 2025

It’s said that in adolescence, mothers transition from being the sun around which their children orbit to being the moon, always lingering nearby and casting a glowing light. In Greek mythology, Selene was the moon goddess, personified. This space exists…

Becoming Selene: A Hypothesis On Dating

February 2, 2025

I have a hypothesis. Before I had high schoolers, I heard a lot of parents say, “Kids these days don’t date. They just go out in groups.” Mind you, a lot of these parents had high schoolers during COVID, so…

Becoming Selene Pop Quiz : When Friends Come Over

January 23, 2025

We recently completed (eh, kind of — still working through a punch list) a massive outdoor renovation that includes a spa, fire pit and pool. It’s too cold for the pool right now, but the spa has been in heavy…

Becoming Selene: Random Post-Holiday Musings

January 17, 2025

I don’t have a new submission for you. I’ve just been trying to get the engines started up again after the holiday break that was extended by the unusual snow we got in Atlanta. I normally like to keep things…

Becoming Selene: Elbows Touching, Heads Leaning In

December 18, 2024

Today’s post is less about mothering individuals and more about the change in dynamic when the children in your life are no longer little kids. You know how they say an important part of parenting is parenting yourself? Those wounds…

Becoming Selene: A Really Sad Country Song

December 11, 2024

I’m going to be honest here. The first time I read this submission, I had to stop. It was too raw. The crazy thing is, it’s written by the aunt of a teen. Not someone parenting a teenager day-to-day. And…