Summer isn’t Sweet For This Working Mom
Ah, summer. The days of laziness. Slow mornings. Unscheduled hours. Long hours swimming. Sport camps. VBS. Naps disguised as quiet…
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Ah, summer. The days of laziness. Slow mornings. Unscheduled hours. Long hours swimming. Sport camps. VBS. Naps disguised as quiet…
Continue ReadingSummertime. Summertime is for picnics and family vacations and holiday BBQs. For weddings and family reunions and graduations. Parties and…
Continue Reading"But how much is too much? Don't you think he should just be a kid?" Even as I write this,…
Continue ReadingWe’re going to have a summer with no label. It won’t be an ‘80s summer or a summer with a…
Continue ReadingDear world: they are not yours yet. These adult-sized bodies are not for the taking. I'm giving these teens permission…
Continue ReadingJudah Levi Brown was a lively, happy, vivacious, curious, and adventurous boy. He was a blue-eyed, blonde-haired firecracker, who was…
Continue ReadingI feel a shift, slight, like tectonic plates slowly rearranging the world. Every August an unseasonably cold morning shakes me…
Continue ReadingSometimes I forget summer is my favorite season. I forget that during the long winter months, I yearn for these…
Continue ReadingThis is my kid’s second summer at overnight camp. And he loves everything about it: the lake, zip line, rock…
Continue ReadingIt’s a nightmare no mother believes can happen to her. Only women who don’t truly love their children forget their…
Continue ReadingThe sun was slowly waking up as I sat with my cup of coffee, enjoying a morning of peace and…
Continue ReadingMy firstborn—the baby who made me a mom to begin with—is 19 years old. She finished her freshman year of…
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