I remember, way, way back, when my mother announced she was pregnant with my baby brother. I was mortified. I was nine years old and my mother was old. Way too old to be having babies. She was 35! My…
My baby girl turns 9 next week. 9! I’m still trying to wrap my head around that. I asked her months ago what she wanted to do for her birthday this year. The answer was exactly what I expected to…
April Fools Day is right around the corner and my daughter LOVES playing harmless pranks on her friends and family. Quite frankly I like playing pranks on her too. Neither one of us is keen on playing pranks on anyone…
We are exactly one week away from back to school. This year Molly is heading into grade 3. Wow. Every time I say that (or type it) I can’t quite wrap my head around it. Grade 3. Last year she…
One of the most helpless, and often terrifying, feelings a parent can have is having a sick child. All you want to do is help them. To make them feel better and take their pain away. You’d gladly take in…
Expectant moms, or women who are thinking about starting a family, get a lot of advice. Some of it useful. Plenty of it not. Most of it is given with good intent, whether it helps or not. But the one…
This one is for the moms. To each and every one of you. I want to tell you that you are amazing AF. You make the world a better place and you are raising kids that are going to make…
My daughter is an exceptionally bright and articulate almost 8 year old. And she, like all kids, seems to have a never ending supply of questions to throw my way. I generally do a pretty good job (I think) of…
It feels like every second person I know is on a diet. Actually let me correct that – every second woman I know is on a diet. Keto, Paleo, Raw Food, Alkaline – and the list goes on and on….
Dear Toy Making People, Can you please just say ‘assembly required’? Because when you say ‘ADULT assembly required’ and I can’t figure it out and need to call someone, it makes me feel like a failure as an adult. K,…
It’s a girl! And she has opinions! When I was pregnant with my first and only child my husband and I decided we didn’t want to know ahead of time if we were having a boy or a girl. We…
“I’ll have the sirloin and a glass of chardonnay.” The waitress wears a look that is equal parts amused and bewildered. She looks at my husband and I for guidance. It’s obvious she’s never had a five year old place…
Then and now I use to have a clean house. And a white leather sofa. I could leave the house without having to do a “sticker check” to ensure none were stuck to the seat of my pants. If you…
May of 2010. My daughter (although I didn’t yet know she was a she) was due on the 22nd. Apparently she wasn’t quite ready to vacate the premises just yet. I had taken my leave from work about 5 days…
Two years ago when my then four year old daughter was quite sick and in the hospital we were getting ready to leave, without a diagnosis or any sort of real plan to help her, but with an offer for…
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