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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 [...]
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. [...]
As we approach midsummer, I cannot help but reflect on the summers of my youth. There was something magical about summer when we were younger. It seemed as if it lasted forever. As kids who had just spent one hundred and eighty days in school, we looked forward to summer with extra eagerness. It was [...]
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 time is relative, it’s never more so than when you’re a mom. For mom, a moment staring into a child’s eyes can last for an eternity … as can waiting at the doctor’s office with a croupy baby. Six years of grammar school can whiz by in what feels like a couple of weeks. [...]
As the last few days of the summer slipped through my fingers, I felt relief (what mom doesn’t look forward to the kids’ return to school?) mixed with sadness and a little guilt. Back in June, as we were wrapping up the last hectic weeks of first grade, I was full of good intentions about [...]
