Dear Moms of teensy tinies who traveled this Christmas, Let me let you in on a little bitty secret…. IT GETS EASIER! Traveling with little ones is the ultimate test of a parent’s will and resolve. How important is that family gathering? How will you get there? What will transit behold? I don’t mean toContinue reading “TRAVEL”
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TOGETHER
A few months ago I was talking to a friend of mine. She said this to me: “You just always seem like you’ve got it together.” Um-hum. Fluke. And then today a co-worker said the exact same thing. I am beyond befuddlement. I do not know who they see. So let me set the recordContinue reading “TOGETHER”
BABY
There has never been a longer walk than the one I just made from my baby’s kindergarten class to our minivan in the back of the parking lot. Michael has asked me to please stop calling him a baby, and I cannot. My mom still calls me her baby, and so I have resolved thatContinue reading “BABY”
SEE
I stood in the aisle trying to find a card that matched my husband or my dad for Father’s Day. The cards either had a grill or a golf club. The one card I did pick up and read pitted the poor recipient as the butt of the joke. It said something like “The thingContinue reading “SEE”
ARMY
When I took a pregnancy test in May of 2005, I was sure the double pink line was faulty. The first person I called was the 1-800 number on the back of the EPT box. ‘Uhm…so there is kinda a really light pink double line. What does that mean?’ ‘You have indicated a positive result.’Continue reading “ARMY”
GROWING
Michael and I were sitting on the couch having a conversation. All the kids were home. And we were having a conversation. Zachary was in the room with us. All of a sudden we heard from downstairs, “Moooooooooooooom!!!!!! Someone clogged the toilet with SOOOOOO MUCH toilet paper!!” Zachary stopped what he was doing, looked intently atContinue reading “GROWING”
GENEROSITY
If you know my children, you know that my oldest child is spirited. Lively. Animated. At times his impulsivity overrides his conscious and he can be intrusive. Parenting him can be difficult. We both like to be in charge, and there are hard days. And subsequently, he has taught me infinite lessons about mothering, aboutContinue reading “GENEROSITY”
FISH
We have a new pet fish. It all started 6 years and 6 weeks ago. I know exactly because this was the first time I took my 20 month old and 3 week old babies out in public, alone. I decided to brave the 9 minute drive for the 22 minute story time atContinue reading “FISH”
HIGHLIGHTS
Yesterday I posted the sweetest picture of my kids reading their library books together when they got home from school. Aren’t they adorable? Don’t they look precious? Like they get along? Like they’re clean? Like my house is clean? What you don’t see in this picture is the clutter that surrounded them. (You would notContinue reading “HIGHLIGHTS”
HARD
I sat at the intersection in front of the school, with the 8:33 a.m. sun glaring in my window, head throbbing, tears streaming, trying to think which way to turn. Why can’t I think which way to turn? I need to get Zachary. Why is this so hard? I suddenly remembered sitting in the floorContinue reading “HARD”
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