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Messes Are My Kryptonite
http://www.flickr.com/photos/djawards/sets/ My husband and I possess competing superpowers. I have the ability to walk into a room and notice every last thing that is out of place. Depending on my...
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Blink & You’ll Miss Her
Earlier this summer, I was walking with the girls to the local dry cleaners when we passed a film crew shooting an episode of a new show for the Food Network. When we stopped to watch, the director’s...
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Image Management
Image courtesy of Google Images. Here I am, wringing a second post out of my daughter’s recent bike accident; making it about me and seeing things about myself I’d rather not look at … Once I knew my...
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The One Where We Talk About Uteruses (Make That Uteri)
Our four-year-old daughter, Rhys, recently asked, “Mom, where was I before I was in your tummy?” Me: “Great question, Rhys.” (To myself: Whaaaaaaaat? I’m in over my head. I better stall for time.)...
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Moving On Up: Elf on the Shelf
As we were decluttering yesterday (and I use “we” lightly for it was only me), I went back and forth on whether or not to give our Elf on the Shelf to Goodwill along with the two big boxes of toys our...
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Limit Setting for the Squeamish
http://careergirlnetwork.com One minute they’re debating whose Barbie sleeps in the Diamond Castle, the next they’re giggling over the cute members of the band One Direction and planning sleepovers....
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How To Be A Popular Mom
We have enough toys and games in our home for any self-respecting little kids to lose themselves in our playroom for days; certainly enough dolls, dress-up clothes, ride-on toys, sports equipment and...
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Basketball, B Teams & FGOs*
Photo by J. Smith via Wikimedia Commons Every weekend for the past several months, I’ve sat on the sidelines of my daughter’s basketball games, cheering her 4th grade team to victory. I’ve enjoyed the...
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And That’s Why God Created Doctors
Where did I get the idea that as a mother I have to be an unmitigated expert at everything? I blame Google. I’m honored to be guest posting over at The Mommy Mess today talking about our family’s...
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Guess Who’s Having a One-Year Blog Anniversary?
I planned to write a wise, funny yet gripping one-year blog anniversary post featuring a riveting celebrity-type interview (think Vanity Fair or Oprah Magazine) of me (playing the celebrity) by my...
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What Do You Remember From Your Childhood Vacations?
After spending a lovely, expensive week on Florida’s Gulf Coast, I was surprised to hear my children talk about the vacation memories they’ll cherish. For a glorious week, we slept in, swam in the...
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Parenting Through Tragedy
I had the opportunity last week to attend a workshop at my daughters’ school about talking with kids about tragedy in the world and its portrayal in the news. I chose not to go; convinced my husband...
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Step, Step, Slide
As I wrote about in Life Patterns, our four year old has a new fascination with patterns. Her face routinely breaks into a smile as she spots a series of colors or shapes and gleefully shouts, “I see a...
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There Will Be Blood
Do any young girls react positively to the news that they’ll bleed for several days each month for the next forty-plus years? When I recently explained the basics of menstruation to our daughter, Ava,...
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I’ll Be the One Screaming: Around the Bonfire
I am one of those people. The type who on the outside looks pulled together, in control, on top of things in life. And sometimes, I am. Mostly on Tuesdays. The rest of the time, my calm exterior hides...
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Why I Should Be “Mother of the Year”
Unlike my dear blog friends Ilene from The Fierce Diva Guide to Life and Chris from The Mom Cafe, I have not been officially designated “Mother of the Year” by any governing body or election committee,...
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A Decade of Parenting Lessons
This summer, our oldest daughter, Ava, turned 10. That means I’ve officially been a parent for ten years. With a decade of parenting lessons under my belt, I now qualify as a parenting expert. At...
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Falling In Love with My Life Again
A friend recently shared her favorite advice for keeping her marriage strong. Her method doesn’t involve sexting or Kegels or kinky sex positions. Instead, whenever she’s feeling disillusioned in her...
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