To the Soon-to-Be Momma: Get Ready
As I am waiting and waiting (and waiting) for my name to be called at my OB/GYN appointment (calm down,…
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As I am waiting and waiting (and waiting) for my name to be called at my OB/GYN appointment (calm down,…
Continue ReadingSomeday it will pay off. It may not seem like it tonight, as you lay in your bed completely exasperated,…
Continue ReadingLet’s just get this out in the open: I’m tired of being discouraged and defeated by other moms who are…
Continue ReadingI’ll never forget The Pasta Scoop Incident of 2010. It all started when I got a phone call. Seven years…
Continue ReadingI find myself too often telling young parents that things do not get any better in the world of parenting.…
Continue ReadingI don’t know that the memory will ever go away. The day that I was sitting on my bedroom floor…
Continue ReadingIt’s 10:30 p.m. and I’m exhausted. The kids have been in bed for an hour, and my husband is asleep…
Continue ReadingInspired by a deluge of “clear the clutter from your life” articles, I finally got around to the arduous task…
Continue Reading“You’re a brave mom for being out in public with him.” I could have easily been offended by the older…
Continue ReadingThe other night, I was lying in bed, mulling over the fact that soon I will be 40 years old.…
Continue ReadingIt was a Michigan February blizzard. My eighteen-month-old and three-year-old were sick for the 82nd time that season. I knew…
Continue ReadingMy plan was in place: everyone had a snack, Mickey Mouse was on tv, and the baby was down for…
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