Tag: family

• Time Travel

  

  In the sour mess, we are in touch with it.

  Caitie Leibman

  May 26, 2025

  memoir

  family, memoir, memories, mental health, reflection, seasons

• Iconoclasm

  

  There’s something of style and the soul caught up here.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 13, 2025

  memoir

  family, history, memoir, nonfiction, reflection, religion, seasons and cycles, spirituality

• Yours and Mine

  

  Squint, and you can make me meet in the middle.

  Caitie Leibman

  September 9, 2024

  invitations

  family, family history, family stories, gifts, holidays, memoir, mental health, mindfulness, reflection, seasons and cycles

• What I Talk about When I Talk about Garage Sales

  

  It all has a cost, a weight.

  Caitie Leibman

  September 2, 2024

  invitations

  family, family stories, intentions, memoir, mental health, mindfulness, reflection, seasons and cycles, stories

• Now What?

  

  The good news is, there’s always something else to work on. That bad news is, there’s always something else to work on.

  Caitie Leibman

  August 26, 2024

  fresh start

  alcohol, development, drinking, exercise, family, friendships, growth, health, health scare, improvement, intentions, mental health, mindfulness, parenting, reflection, sobriety, strengths, therapy

• How It Ends

  

  We might not leave on our own terms.

  Caitie Leibman

  August 19, 2024

  writing on writing

  curiosity, experience, family, identity, jobs and career, meaning, memoir, memories, productivity, reflection, strengths, work life, writing, writing jobs

• August

  

  Milestones, anniversaries, and all time is relative.

  Caitie Leibman

  August 12, 2024

  fresh start

  childhood, depression, family, family history, joy, memoir, mental health, mindfulness, presence, reflection, school, seasons, seasons and cycles, therapy

• And Other Animal Tricks

  

  What do the jellies know?

  Caitie Leibman

  July 29, 2024

  updates

  acceptance, anxiety, compassion, emotions, family, grief, healing, memoir, memories, narrative, parenting, recovery, reflection

• It’s Not My Money

  

  An inheritance, a windfall, and going farther than you could imagine.

  Caitie Leibman

  July 15, 2024

  invitations

  abundance, acceptance, compassion, curiosity, emotions, family, family history, grief, healing, intentions, labels, memoir, memories, mindfulness, narrative, parenting, perspective, process, reflection, scarcity mentality, symbols

• It’s Bullshit My Mom Died

  

  A grabby headline for some real feelings.

  Caitie Leibman

  June 17, 2024

  updates

  family, grief, health, illness, intentions, mental health, reflection, seasons and cycles, sobriety

• Why, yes, I have lost weight.

  

  Just checking in.

  Caitie Leibman

  June 3, 2024

  fresh start, updates

  acceptance, compassion, emotions, exercise, family, good life halfsy, half-marathon, healing, lnk, memoir, memories, mental health, reflection, running, seasons and cycles, Sober Mom Squad, sobriety, stretchy November project, therapy, training, updates, walking

• Celebrating Me

  

  Bring on 35.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 10, 2024

  celebrations

  birthdays, capricorn, celebrations, family, family history, intentions, memoir, mental health, milestones, parties, perspective, seasons and cycles

• A Half-Marathon Update that’s Not about the Half-Marathon

  

  On my body’s journey, my brain and baggage are along for the ride!

  Caitie Leibman

  December 18, 2023

  updates

  acceptance, affirmations, compassion, exercise, family, good life halfsy, gratitude, half-marathon, healing, labels, lnk, memoir, memories, mental health, mindfulness, process, reflection, running, stretchy November project, therapy, training, updates

• On Roots and Wings

  

  What do we inherit, and where are we going?

  Caitie Leibman

  December 12, 2022

  writing prompt

  education, family, intentions, journaling, seasons and cycles, writing practice, writing prompts