My son started saying, “There you go,” when he was around eleven months old. He wasn’t officially talking, per se; he was repeating sounds. (Or so the experts on the internet said). I never really noticed how many times a day I say “there you go” until he began repeating it back to me. I say […]
My two toddler boys (who are three and two) thrive on routine. From school drop offs to nighttime rituals, we try to keep things consistent for them. Any shake up in the average morning sends the boys into a downward spiral to the dreaded red on the school color chart. So when I dislocated my […]
It’s a question that brings me guilt, but it’s still worth asking: What if being a stay-at-home-mom just isn’t enough for me? There’s this song I keep listening too lately – Rings by Aesop Rock. The writer confesses that he used to be an artist — not just because he liked it as a hobby, […]
Forewarning: I write this post highly medicated and as a mom with two out of three kids with the flu. I can’t make this stuff up. You see, this past Friday I channeled my inner youth and had my wisdom teeth removed. All through my teen years, I was told I didn’t have any wisdom […]
Every year, my husband and I have the privilege of taking a trip through his work. The destination changes, but the outcome? Always the same — precious time for the two of us to escape the day-to-day grind. We relax and enjoy one another’s company. And we look forward to it immensely. This year would be […]
Dear Married Mom Friends, How’s it going? I felt like writing you a letter tonight. Yes, I know we talk and text all the time. And yes, it was just last weekend that we went out for dinner and you made me laugh so hard that I had tears rolling down my face and my […]
“Mom Guilt” — so common it has its own hashtag. #MomGuilt It’s a phrase we all know. It’s probably an emotion we all experience on a regular basis. It often stems from comparing ourselves to the perfect lives that other moms create on social media. We feel it when we get frustrated and yell at […]
Eight. It’s not a lucky number or an unlucky number. There is nothing incredibly spectacular about the number eight, except for that it lives between seven and nine and you can make seven seem like a super bad dude when you say seven “eight” nine. (Thank you, Bare Naked Ladies.) On a usual day, eight doesn’t […]
Smug mommy. Why is that a thing? It’s one of those stereotypes you hear about all of the time when you’re pregnant, and you kind of think it’s exaggerated. People can’t really be like that. Strangers don’t honestly weigh in on your parenting in public. People don’t mom-shame you at the gym. You’re not really […]
Here is the thought stream that flows through my mind: My daughter is twelve years old. My son is eight. I only have so many years left with them in my home. I had so many plans about how parenting would be. The memories we would create and the examples I would set. But I’m […]
