Elin Stebbins Waldal

  • Home
  • About Elin
    • Media Page
  • Tornado Warning Book
    • Tornado Warning Book Trailer
    • Tornado Warning – Then Excerpt
    • Tornado Warning – Now Excerpt
    • Book Club Reading Group Guide
  • Essays
    • Living Midlife in Full Swing
  • Honors & Awards
  • Feb 25, 2021

Dear 16 Year Old Me

May 14, 2015 By elinwaldal 13 Comments

Dear 16 Year Old Me

Dear 16-Year-Old Me, Just you wait. Oh, how I cringe when I hear those three words. I cringe because what is inferred is this: you don’t have a clue, you haven’t seen anything yet because the life you have led thus far doesn’t measure up to what someone else has experienced. Truth is, I don’t […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Teenagers Tagged With: Dear 16 Year Old Me, Dear Daughter, Dear Son, Parenting, Teenagers

Things to Come

Nov 22, 2014 By elinwaldal 20 Comments

Things to Come

On Thursday morning Jimmy and I brought our youngest daughter to the airport, she was headed off to Orlando to play lacrosse. Although she had traveled alone a number of times to compete, this time felt different. I could not help but feel aware of things to come, it was as if the future — our […]

Filed Under: Empty Nest, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Empty nest, Love, Mother, Teenagers

The Passage of Time

Nov 29, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 22 Comments

The Passage of Time

Tonight as the night began to draw her curtain against the sun I couldn’t help but think how fast the years have slipped past. Sometimes I want to set the hour glass on its side–pause–keep the moment before me in that frame as it is, not let it end. Tonight at Kodiak’s soccer game was […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, Parenting Tagged With: High school graduation, NaBloPoMo13, Present moment, Teenagers

Backseat of a forward moving car

Jul 2, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 8 Comments

Backseat of a forward moving car

  Zipping past me in a blur of color is Rancho Santa Fe, if one were to slow the car–and time–you would see beauty abounds. There by the roadside a white and lavender carpet of color stretches up to greet the sky, pink bougainvillaea wrapped trellises sit behind massive iron gates, horses too lazy to […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Teenagers Tagged With: coming of age, driving, Motherhood, Teenagers

Where do we go from here: a look at The Grammy’s and the music collaboration between Rihanna and Chris Brown

Feb 22, 2012 By elinwaldal 1 Comment

Where do we go from here: a look at The Grammy’s and the music collaboration between Rihanna and Chris Brown

Many people are focused on the collaboration between Chris Brown and Rihanna—but for a moment I would like to step back in time and redirect our attention to the underlying message which was sent when the decision was made to spotlight Chris Brown at The Grammy’s. Ken Ehrlich—the Executive producer of The Grammy’s said the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Women's Issues Tagged With: Chris Brown, Domestic Violence, Forgiveness, Grammys, Rihanna, Teenagers, Victim Bame

Subscribe!

Things I write about…

Find It!

An excerpt from Tornado Warning, read by the author

Copyright Notice

© Copyright Elin Stebbins Waldal and Beyond the Backyard Blues 2011 – 2021. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from Elin Stebbins Waldal is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links must be in full and with clear credit given to Elin Stebbins Waldal, and Beyond the Backyard Blues, additionally, the appropriate and specific direction must be linked to the original content.

Beyond the Backyard – Places to Connect

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2021 · Modern Portfolio Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in