Parenting while unprepared
A friend of mine told me the other day that I should write a funny parenting book. I wanted to be flattered that she thinks I am funny. The reality […]
Coming Home, Part 4
This week, I am sharing an essay I wrote in the days just before leaving for Ethiopia six months ago. It’s a beginning, really, but as I was reflecting on […]
Coming Home, Part 3
This week, I am sharing an essay I wrote in the days just before leaving for Ethiopia six months ago. It’s a beginning, really, but as I was reflecting on […]
Almost 11 months old, almost 6 months with us Part II
Today, I’m finishing up 11 sweet things about baby. 6. That great big ole grin. BF has made an interesting observation about baby and his grin. […]
Almost 11 months old, almost 6 months with us Part 1
This weekend marks baby’s 11 months of life and 6 months with us. So in keeping with the milestone tradition, I’ll share 11 things over the next two days that make us […]
Things I Want Baby to Know #42
Life keeps handing you the lesson you need to learn until you learn it. Ignoring the problem won’t make it go away. It will only amplify the volume of the […]
Two funny but unfortunate things
# 1 So my sister called me on Wednesday morning and this is what I hear when I say hello, “So I drop the kids off at pre-school and then make […]
An athlete, a gardener, a crawler
My brother was my first soccer coach. He was a senior in high school. I was in third grade. It drove him nuts that I was on his team, and so I […]
Houston, we have a crawler.
Which means 2 things: 1. I now have to take a chaperone with me, the littlest one, when I run to the bathroom. 2. There’s a milestone contest winner! Congrats […]
Where did you get your baby?
Yep. Someone asked me that promptly after our being introduced. The question didn’t offend me in the moment, but it really did startle me as folks aren’t usually that forward […]
