From the category archives:
{Alternatively titled: The nastiest picture of my daughter you will ever see. I pray.}
Last week, we sold the changing table that we’ve used for all three nurseries. As the young couple walked out with it, rosy with the excitement that can only come from expecting your first child, my husband pulled aside the stranger-man and [...]
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Once upon a time, we left the house. The kids went to school and my husband went to work. We got dressed and ran errands and interacted with people other than immediate family. We wore something other than what we slept in the night before (well, some of us did, anyway) and actually brushed our [...]
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Things are trudging forward and it looks like we may actually be heading toward an April move. {Fingers crossed. And toes.} There are many factors that led us to want a change, but probably most of all is the fact that we just don’t belong in our neighborhood. After much thought, I’ve come to the [...]
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1. Is it possible to come out of a blizzard happily married?
2. Will any of my children still be smiling in 3 days?
4. Can we survive until Tuesday or Wednesday with the contents of our fridge?
4. Is there any reason to limit TV when you’re stuck in the house for foreseeable future?
5. Will the snow [...]
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Dear iPhone,
I have long come to terms with the fact that I have a bit of a potty mouth. I’m not especially proud of it, but it’s a part of who I am. It’s just the way it is. My parents are no longer shocked and appalled by my language. My friends all expect it [...]
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I love my children with all of my heart. All of my being. I would run in front of a bus for them. Jump from an airplane. Kill. Maim. You know, anything for them.
Well, anything except for one teeny, little thing.
Despite having birthed them, changed their diapers, having been covered in their vomit, snot and pee, [...]
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1. Children always fall asleep early for the sitter who gets paid by the hour to entertain them.
2. Bed wetting only occurs immediately after the sheets have been washed and similarly, pooping always occurs in a brand new diaper.
3. They inevitably rise earlier on the weekends than the weekdays. By hours.
4. The day you specially [...]
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Although I don’t always remember my dreams, I am often haunted by the same one: I am back in college and quickly approaching graduation. Suddenly, I remember that there was some class I couldn’t handle and intended to withdraw from. Unfortunately, I never did withdraw, which meant that I had just been skipping the class [...]
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Stay up way too late playing on the computer so you are nearly comatose when your youngest arises at five o’clock in the morning.
After preparing breakfast and putting on a show, doze off for ten minutes to pathetically attempt to make up for lost sleep.
Out of the corner of your mind, hear children, squealing and [...]
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