Back to Work, Back to Work, Jiggety-Jig
I'm excited to get back to the kids and here's where I'll be this fall
Jessica Lahey
Writings on parenting, substance use prevention, education, recovery, and raising emerging adults.
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Six Months On
Spending the summer in my happy place
How to Grow an A+ Garden
or, How to Feed Your Future with Your Past
A Secret I've Been Keeping
I love answering your questions. I make it easy to find me via email and snail mail, and my longtime routine has been to answer one question per day. For a long time, I was able to stay on top of demand, but over the past couple years the volume of questions coming in has exceeded my ability to get the answers back out. This morning, I replied to a question from a dad who wanted to know how to to…
Hit It Hard and Soft
Emerging adulthood, with thanks to Billie Eilish and the woods of Vermont
When Your Joy Becomes Your Job
I need to fall back in love with the words, and this is how I do it.
How Deciding to Donate a Kidney Saved My Life
Here's hoping my experience may encourage others to consider becoming a living donor.
Why I Have Not Written About My Breast Cancer
It may be the most traumatic thing that's ever happened to me but it's also one of the least interesting.
A Long October
...and there's reason to believe / maybe this year will be better than the last*
Why, yes! I'd LOVE to speak at your school!
It's about time for me to head back out on the road and your town could be next.