6 Reasons Parents Complain so Much
Parents of little kids notoriously complain a lot. I have two children, ages 5 and 1, and I’m not immune to joking about there never being enough coffee, or the lack of sleep I...
Category: Romance and Parenthood.
Capturing Family Magic in a Weekend Society.
Being a mother has not made me a perfect woman. Being a mother has not made my flaws magically go away. Instead, new parts of my personality that I wish would have stayed buried...
Breastfeeding, Co-Sleeping, and Helicopter Parenting Aren’t What We Should Be Arguing About—Parents Need to Talk About This.
Athletic greatness, handsome good looks, brainy grades—parents freely brag about these attributes and achievements of our kids. I hear about how great so-and-so is at this particular sport, or how smart she is, or, even with tiny...
8 Truths of Being a New Parent.
I’m eternally grateful for my ignorance about motherhood before having kids. I naively thought, like everyone else I know, that parenthood was much different than it actually is, or that I was somehow exempt from...
10 Things This Stay-At-Home Mom Is Grateful for This Holiday Season.
Finding gratitude within the daily stress of stay-at-home mothering: The last month was a challenging one. Without going into unnecessary detail, the past few weeks have felt weighty and stressful, and not holiday cheerful and...
I Love Being a Stay-At-Home Mom, but I Don’t Always Love Raising Little Kids.
For the parents of little ones: an important reminder for those of us raising kids. I was driving with my family yesterday, on our way home from our second holiday-themed activity for the day. I’m...
There Is No Rehearsal for Parenthood.
Loving ourselves enough to find room for failure: I watch her grip the chunky crayon, moving it strategically to form the letters of her name, the ones that I’ve outlined in dash letters with a...
The Kissing Experiment.
Marriage these days is a much discussed tradition. There are those who prefer to not partake in it, although this doesn’t necessarily mean not co-existing in a life-long relationship. There are those, too, who...
Throwing Away “To-Do Lists” to Make Memories.
It’s easy to move through parenthood with a mental “to-do” list. To do: get child to school; feed, clothe, and bathe. To-do: pay bills, go for allergy shots, buy wine, get some sleep, exercise—in...
A Morning Prayer of Gratitude.
I was reading to my daughter in bed last night. Looking out the window, the green of the trees contrasted the grey sky, seeming ethereal. The yellow walls were both cheerful and soothing. I...
