19 Things I’ve Heard My Kids Say and It’s Not Even 9 a.m.
Here’s a random list of things my two children, ages almost six and going on two, have said this morning, and it’s not even nine o’clock: 1. “I want a different shirt.” (Heard three...
Author: Jennifer
The “Trail Magic” of Motherhood.
This week has been one of the worst weeks of my life. I say that dramatically, and even as it really feels like this in places of my body that hurt, like my neck...
13 Confessions of a Mom Barely Keeping Her Sh*t Together.
Let’s be honest. Motherhood is an enlightening, fantastic, humbling experience, but it looks nothing like Pinterest (which I’m not even on, by the way, because that sh*t would bug me). It looks like this:...
To All the Parents Busy Living Their Lives.
For all the parents who either don’t have the time to debate whether or not their co-sleeping is appropriate, because they’re too busy getting their kids to bed and working and living, or who...
I Want to Raise My Kids to Be Better Than Being Colorblind.
I don’t want to teach my two white children to be colorblind. I want to teach them to see color, and to see beauty and value. I want them to see the whiteness of...
When Boredom Is Good for Us.
A reminder to not let the little joys tucked inside of boredom escape through incessantly, unnecessarily filling our time with phones, screens and to-do’s: I sometimes, ungraciously, fill the down spaces of my day....
Banishing Mother Guilt to Find Joy.
I’m allergic to dogs and I don’t have many kids over to play with my two little girls. I’ve never made homemade Play-Doh and I don’t plan on it either. I prefer my kids...
The One Thing I Tell Myself When I Feel Overwhelmed.
There is no frustration like a baby screaming for hours and nothing seems to help. (There is no music capable of covering up this screaming inside the close quarters of a car.) There is...
I’m Celebrating Hillary’s Win With My Daughters and I Didn’t Even Vote for Her.
I’m going to be honest, I didn’t vote for Hillary during the primaries. But I’m sure as hell celebrating her victory now. I’d like to say that “as a woman,” I’m celebrating her win,...
We Have to Do Better.
My week this summer is about getting up and out of the door early because my oldest daughter has Safety Town and my husband’s on early mornings at work. It’s about making coffee and...
