That’s been the title of this blog for three years now. Not Super…Just Mom. But now the punctuation’s shifted a little. Or it’s shifting in my head. I’m hanging up a few of my hats. I’m scaling back. My cape is at the dry cleaners. Indefinitely. For now, I’m just “mom.” It feels good. Lighter….
Life
Dear Dan
Dear Dan, I’ve opened and closed this dashboard no less than 4 times already this morning. In the midst of the chaos and stress and cranky of the morning, this is the one thing I wanted to do, and it took you taking Joshua to the playground and me rocking Emma until she and I…
Perfect for each other
Dan and me? We’re pretty perfect for each other. And never is that more apparent than in the every day. When I’m too serious or overthinking things, he doesn’t and sort of brings me back to reality. I like to think I do the same thing for him. Though I usually do it with a…
A letter to my mother
Dear Mama, “It’s just another day,” you said, just like you say about every holiday. “No cards. They just end up in the trash can.” I honored your request. Partly because it was your request and you’re my mother and partly because Emma’s screams were escalating from her “I’m a little bothered” one to the…
Simplify, simplify
Today, I made a choice. A hard choice. A really hard choice. A choice that I’ve weighed and waffled on for months. Today, I quit my job to become a stay at home mom. I’ve never been good with cramming the quality into only an hour or two like some moms can. I need quantity…