The sun sets lower in the sky, and it glares through the large picture window in the living room, and onto the girls’ pink-and-white, chevron-patterned teepee. The intensity of this brightness smooths my oldest...
I saw a comment underneath someone else’s blog the other day. It was from a man saying that his grandmother raised umpteenth kids and never complained about it. At first I couldn’t pinpoint why...
My baby turned one-and-a-half yesterday. It felt like a big deal, even though it was a relatively typical Saturday, only with chocolate cupcakes for dessert. My oldest recently turned 5-and-a-half, and since she has...
Recently I was asked by a friend on Facebook if I have a healthy mac and cheese recipe, after I shared this following picture and caption: “They’re not all nastygrams, as we call my...
On most days, parenting is all-consuming for me. I’m not necessarily proud to admit it, but it’s true that there are too many days when I fall exhausted into the sofa after we’ve finally...
Three workout tips that need to go away and two to implement starting today: When I was a brand-new mom, it seemed I heard more unsolicited advice than during any other time in my...
Breasts are utilitarian. I realized this after giving birth and beginning to breastfeed my baby. This realization was, I can almost guarantee, not a unique experience for a woman…with breasts…who decides to feed her...
“Mommy,” my oldest daughter whispers to me in the black night. My eyes reluctantly open, and it’s too dark to make out more than the profile of her little nose, as she presses her...
I can’t give you the birthday gift that I want to. I would give you time alone together, and a perfectly picked-up house. I would give you a quiet dinner in that new restaurant...
We went to the zoo again, and I think we were there for maybe an hour. Maybe. We left because I couldn’t handle it. It was crowded, and I felt thankful for our membership,...
