Kathy Ferguson
The Leaving
This is what I’m calling my youngest leaving for college in the fall: The Leaving. Capital T, capital L. Leaving, and leaving us with...
My Girls are Leaving Me and I’m Not Ready
Both of my girls are leaving.
My oldest is moving to France. For a YEAR.
We leave to drop off my oldest on January 2. She’ll...
What I Wish I Knew When I Was a Younger Mom
My youngest is a senior in high school – next year at this time, we’ll have been to her first parents’ weekend and managed...
What Would My Friends Say?
One of my first friends from college recently died. We were close the first couple of years of school and then, as so often...
A Malaise for Writing
As writers for Columbia Mom, we’re supposed to write posts every month. I’m a senior contributor since I’ve been around so long, so I’ve...
Always Check Your Sources :: A Guide to the 2024 Election
Happy election season, guys! How’s it going? (Insert big eyes here.)
I originally wrote this post four years ago, during the 2020 election cycle and...
Letting Go vs. Letting Grow
Like so many of my posts, I started this one months ago. I started writing it right after my oldest daughter and I went...
A Love Letter to my Struggling, Doubting Daughter
My daughter has depression and recently tried to kill herself. We hospitalized her for her safety, and I'll write about that later - I...
Perimenopause: What a Time to Be Alive
Perimenopause. What even is it?
Every January I do a Whole 30®, pretty restrictive elimination diet to try and put some discipline back in my eating...
It Is What It Is
It is what it is.
I've always hated that phrase.
In the last couple of years, I’ve spent a lot of time in therapy and learned...
Looking for Joy in 2024
It is my oldest daughter’s senior year in high school. We’re inching towards the end of it. What we’ve all been working for is...
Feeling Like Loose Change
I feel like loose change. Middle-aged loose change. It’s not great. It’s a really weird time in my life right now. I’m kind of...
How Mourning the Death of a Friend Is Teaching Me to Love More
I started this post back in April and just haven't been able to finish it until now.
One of my best friends from high school...
A Parent’s Changing Role
My youngest started high school this year. My little itty bitty baby (who just happens to be six inches taller than I am) is...


















