Like it. Love it. Live it.
How do you describe motherhood? How do you translate all the emotions, joys, fears, hopes, and wonder into a neatly organized collection of words that convey some sense of the vast and intimate reality that is being a mom? It’s nearly impossible. Though we may walk in each other’s footsteps and even side-by-side, each of [...]
In my life before kids, girls’ night out was so fun. My friends and I would go to our favorite pub downtown for a few drinks and end up chatting for hours on end about men, work, and fashion. After giving birth to my first child, my participation in these outings came to a screeching [...]
When I see you dance, my heart is filled with joy. You move as though you are flying – unrestrained and untamed, free from inhibitions, lost in the rapture of your magical flight. When I see you dance, my heart is filled with the moment. I surrender – closing out the rest of the world, [...]
Spring is starting to unfurl in earnest. The sun is shining more warmly, the flowers are turning their colors loose on the world, and each day begins with a burst of birdsong. People are smiling more, children are laughing more, and moms … well, moms want to play hooky. And why shouldn’t we? It’s not [...]
Being a mom is an adventure comprised of a series of challenges that leave you alternately defeated and triumphant. You never know what tomorrow will bring; you just hope you have enough brain cells and patience to persevere and end the day laughing instead of crying. Though we don’t all get the chance to chronicle [...]
Ahhh … motherhood. It fills our lives with new wonder, experiences, and challenges. It reopens our eyes to the magic of childhood and shows us what we’re made of. It also brings us all kinds of new ways to embarrass ourselves. In the nine years since my daughter was born I have made my share [...]
I look at you, getting closer and closer to all grown up, and I am so proud. You are a marvel, a miracle, a piece of untamed magic. I love watching you grow, but there are times when I want to go back, back to when you were smaller and I was seeing you for [...]
My daughter and I live in a three hundred year-old antique home that she once observed is probably held together with dirt. Not to disparage my domestic skills, but she may be right. The buildup of historical dirt between the wide pine floors may very well be a critical component of the building’s structural integrity. [...]
The coffee shop was more crowded than usual because of the Presidents’ Day holiday. The gentleman who offered to share his table was reading a book of trivia. I asked him if it was any good. He shrugged and said, “My head is already so full of trivia.” I laughed and said, “I’m a mom. [...]
That I would get sick was, I suppose, inevitable; but I had no idea how quickly it would knock me off my feet. Though (knock on wood) all I’ve got is the nasty cold that’s been going around, it hit me hard and I hit the proverbial mat with a resounding thud. It’s been so [...]
