My Kid Has the Confidence of the Gods
My son texted one day last spring to tell me he was going to join the lacrosse team. This was a surprise given the fact that Craigs historically do not …
My son texted one day last spring to tell me he was going to join the lacrosse team. This was a surprise given the fact that Craigs historically do not …
From my earliest memories, I’ve longed to be a mother. In kindergarten, while most children pictured themselves as firefighters or teachers, I drew photos with bulging bellies surrounded by strollers. …
I just thought I had more time… All summer I felt my son pulling away. He worked more and spent more evenings away, keeping himself very busy. I mostly fought the urge …
I showed up to parenting like S-ugar H-oney I-ced T-ea. I mean, that’s not the surprise, I do that quite often to varying degrees. This one was big though. I …
I promised myself I wouldn’t be THAT mom. But I lied, I lied to myself, my children and to their future partners. I don’t know what to tell you, sorry …
You know what they leave out of those sweet Mommy and me classes? The chapter conveniently left out of those birthing classes you take? You know the class where you …
At this point in my parenting career, I was feeling solid. I’ve served a solid nineteen years, I’ve got to have seen most everything, if not all, right? I really …
Parenting is an unmatched joy. From my earliest memories, I felt a pull, a longing, a deep yearning to be a mother. When I became pregnant with our oldest I …
I’m the mom who will start the school year off by packing a healthy balanced lunch with sandwiches cut into fun shapes, carrot sticks and organic fruit, and of course, …
I’m the mom of a teenager who created a 7-slide PowerPoint presentation on why she can’t possibly eat another dinner I make with chicken (cue Faye Dunaway in Mommy Dearest). …