From the category archives:
Having a girl is hard. I mean, mine isn’t even six yet; she’s years away from puberty, and it’s still hard…
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I have issues with food. I am beginning a diet for the 397th time on Monday. The Monday after Thanksgiving, as I have every year that I can recall. I aspire to again fit into [...]
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From the moment we stepped foot in the car for the 8 hour drive north, I commenced my mission: To take the perfect picture of all three of my children, in one frame. Looking at the camera. Not a cheesy posed shot, but a natural photograph capturing their true personalities. Admittedly, I was a tad [...]
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I wish someone had told me to:
1. Enjoy sleep. Nap. It’s a luxury that becomes a necessity you never seem to have enough of. Buy nice sheets. Roll around in them. Spend a whole day in bed. The next time you do it, you’ll be comforting a feverish, puking child and that’s not nearly as [...]
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The other night, after I detached myself from the computer downstairs, Jeff and I retired to the bedroom. We were lying in bed, recounting funny Lily, Ben and Evan stories from the day. I was trying to manipulate a foot rub out of him by pathetically caressing his leg with my toes. My feet were [...]
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“Fuck it,” my 4 year old mutters as the little people she is stacking fall like dominoes.
Horrified I ask, did you learn that at school?
No, she replies. From friends? The playground? TV? Daddy?
No, she says, from you.
I explain that that is a very bad thing to say and I need to stop as well.
Ok, Mommy, [...]
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