Tag: Parenting
My Best Friend
You know those women with one best friend?
A friend like a sister, a forever partner in crime, and a soulmate. The sort of epic...
My Child, the Problem Child
My sweet son comes off the bus. I watch him walk down the steps smiling proudly at me and all I can think is,...
The Day My Son Wandered Off
A few weeks ago my oldest son, the baby, and I were in a busy market where we shop every Sunday (give or take) for our...
Multitasking My Life Away
A week or so ago, I found myself multitasking away...
Making a dish for a potluck, while helping my daughter happily put together a...
Cultivating Sensory Play
Have you ever smelled something and been flooded with memories of childhood?
Ever watched a movie or show, that brought you right back to...
My Parenting Approach: Sitting on my thumbs
I’m the parent who’s doing nothing. Or that’s what I feel like anyway. When I go out with my toddler to the open gym...
Intentional Happiness: A Single Moms Spills the Truth
With the massive amount of accumulated wisdom and profound perspective of 41 years of life, I am trying to challenge some of my core...
Kryptonite
I have a wild child. He is strong-willed and fierce. He is energetic and hilarious. And sometimes he gets angry.
Because he is only four,...
A House Divided About Winter
When I was pregnant with my second child, I worried about how I was going to deal with two kids. Among my many worries,...
I’m Guessing You Don’t Have Kids
There are times in my day when I encounter people for one reason or another that make me utter under my breath the words...
Stranger Danger Vs. Being Friendly: Where’s the Line?
I have a very outgoing child. To say he is friendly is an understatement.
When given the opportunity, he will chat with anyone, most anywhere....
Never Would I Ever
I will never do that when I have kids.
It’s a popular cliché, the idea that in the rosy pre-child-invasion phase of life we make...
Ode to Abu — When Your Babies Lose a Grandparent
It's that time of year when all of the blogs are spewing out feel-good holiday posts about creating new family traditions, executing the perfect...
Not Losing Myself In Motherhood
Before I had kids, I was cool.
Ha - Made ya look! No, I was never cool. I was a chubby arty geek girl with...