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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 [...]
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 [...]
Really good stories do more than entertain. They change you. They shed light on some truth of life, or hold a mirror up to your heart. They show you a new way of seeing things that makes you think, “Ah, now I understand.” Even though parenthood is a deeply personal and unique journey, story-sparked epiphanies [...]
I run the washcloth over my son’s back, noticing that his shoulder blades jut out just like wings. His skin has the same almost-translucent skim milk paleness that mine does. Over and over again I splash the washcloth into the water and squeeze it over his shoulders. Each time his neck arches forward, his wings [...]
If it weren’t for the kids … We could get a full night’s sleep every night. We wouldn’t catch every sniffle, flu, and sore throat in town. We wouldn’t be plagued with nightmares about Teletubbies and purple dinosaurs. We could reduce the laundry by at least fifty percent. We could go to the bathroom without [...]
I sit in my favorite coffee shop, wracking my brains for some inspiration. I don’t know what to write. It’s a Monday morning, and my muse seems to be sleeping in. My mind is a foggy vista dotted with the hazy peaks of ideas, most of which I feel I have already covered in the [...]
The start of summer heralds the end of children-sized eras. Whether they are graduating from preschool or college, this time of year is filled with goodbyes, celebrations, and the beginnings of new adventures. Children close the doors on small chapters of their lives and move on to the next Big Thing. Driving through the streets [...]
Where I live, fall is getting into full swing with her shorter days, colder temperatures, and fiery palette. Though I feel as if it was high summer only yesterday – full of sandy afternoons, bare feet, and ice cream – I now have to adapt to a new reality filled with sweaters, sneakers, homework, and [...]
Make new friends, but keep the old – one is silver and the other is gold. Last week’s discussions about moms helping moms and the sisterhood of motherhood got me thinking about the way that relationships evolve over time. Every relationship changes with the passage of time – whether romantic or platonic, familial or professional. [...]
