Homemade cookies are better than girlfriends.
Trust me, my almost young man, girlfriends are nothing but trouble. Teenaged girls will serve but one purpose in your life: to perpetually confuse, baffle and mislead you. One moment your arm will be...
View ArticleIs that a dust bunny?
I make no attempts to hide the fact that I can get particularly fixated on the cleanliness of my house, specifically the floors. If the floors need sweeping, vacuuming or scrubbing, good luck getting...
View ArticleAre we a real family?
It seems today that blended families are as common as nuclear, biologically intact families. Step-siblings, shared visitation, weekends with one parent or step-parent don’t seem to be out of the...
View ArticleYour mother really did know everything.
She knew far more than you ever thought you knew and you should have just let her teach, guide and show you exactly which way to turn as the road forked. And chances are she still knows more than your...
View ArticleGraphic Parenting 101
There’s so many child-raising issues my husband and I contend with as we try our best to guide these teenagers safely to adult hood, so many things our own parents never dreamed they’d be handling....
View ArticleOh, you want privacy?
You want me to butt out of your business and leave you alone? And also you want me to stop reading your texts and quit rummaging through your pockets? And furthermore you’d appreciate it if I...
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All my creativity happens on the toilet.
It really does. It’s so quiet in there, so peaceful. I recently painted my master bathroom a relaxing shade of powder blue, upgraded all the hardware to glossy white and it’s actually a very nice...
View ArticleYou will always be a bad parent.
Unless, of course, you throw your head back and delight in the minty fresh scent of toothpaste smeared on your gear shifter. Thanks Subaru, way to make me feel like a neurotic slacker parent who didn’t...
View ArticleNO PORN
I read this fantastic blog post a few months ago and took notes. I modified this contract to better suit our parenting style but the idea is the same. In this early morning’s summer vacation sleep...
View ArticleYou’re a Good Enough Mother.
I was up at 2am last night, unable to sleep and unwilling to fight it. Sometimes sleep happens and sometimes it doesn’t. And in these perfectly quiet moments of darkness, when I’m not sleepy enough...
View ArticleWhen you can’t write about what you know.
Because you’re no longer sure you know what you’re doing. Because what you’ve always known is how to be a good mother to small children, how to wrangle them, squirming, in and out of diapers, how to...
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