These Days Are Long, But I Need More Time With You
I need more time. Eighteen months. Eighteen long, and I mean, VERY long months with my son so far. Staying home and spending 15 hours a day playing…
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I need more time. Eighteen months. Eighteen long, and I mean, VERY long months with my son so far. Staying home and spending 15 hours a day playing…
Continue ReadingThey were never supposed to sleep with us. It was a conversation my husband and I had when I was still pregnant with our oldest. We didn’t have…
Continue ReadingAs a mom of three kids four and under, I’ve finally resigned myself to the fact that our house is going to be teeming with toys for, well,…
Continue Reading“Mom, can you open it?” My daughter held out a container of mandarin oranges to me from across the kitchen counter. “Sure,” I answered,…
Continue ReadingI am an angry mom. I never used to think of myself as an angry person. Well, I admit that I am impatient and rather short-tempered. But I…
Continue ReadingIn the last few years, two moms have given me advice I’ve never forgotten. Their advice was simple but profound: there will be time for that later,…
Continue ReadingI would get so irritated when my kids would get clingy and whiny right as I started trying to do anything productive. It almost seemed as though any…
Continue ReadingWhile the sentiment of the popular meme is nice, your coffee will never be stronger than your toddler. You will belly laugh at things they do .…
Continue Reading“Some people obviously just don’t watch their kids,” you said as you jerked your children away from my toddler in the play area, cutting your…
Continue ReadingThese aren’t the best days of my life. You go out of your way to tell me they are. You tell me in the grocery store as I wrestle through with my…
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