Mother of the Year #1 (in what will likely be a very long series)
I’m pretty sure that my Mother of the Year award is at least in the platinum stage for as many times as I’ve won the friggin’ thing. Most of the time I award myself in hindsight once I see the event...
View ArticleRewind: What I would say to my New Parent Self
I wish that I could go back in time to just before my first child was born and tell myself some really important things. It would have been nice to know just a teeny bit about the reality of what it...
View ArticleMother of the Year #2 (I’ve got a theme going here)
It’s a Monday morning. Translation: kids are tired, I’m tired, there’s an edgy air in the house. Even the cats don’t seem to be feeling it today. I decide to tackle the morning like Pollyana. You...
View ArticleA (not-so) Love Note from the Boy
A recent conversation with a friend about kids chastising parents scratched up a memory of the Boy writing me a scathing note regarding my bad behavior. I searched around and found where I had copied...
View ArticleIf Miley Cyrus were my daughter
I saw a comment from someone following Miley’s performance at the MTV VMAs that said “What a role model she turned out to be! How do I explain Hannah Montana’s behavior to my daughter?” I feel like...
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