Dear Joshua, Tomorrow you are five. When you wake up, I’ll give you cupcakes and ask you what you want to do with the day. You’ll say “play Mario Kart Channel” because you’ve been waiting for this day for a year. Five. There’s something about this birthday that feels so much bigger–more–than the others. It…
Motherhood
5 Things Children Need From Parents
Any time a new movement hits the Internet, conversation inevitably erupts about the soundness of said advice. When the #banbossy campaign hit Facebook, I saw chatter on both sides of the argument, but what I saw most of all was a disconnect about what, exactly, our boys AND our girls need from their parents. While…
Time
So, hi there. I’ve missed this place. I’ve set a timer and I’m giving myself 20 minutes to say whatever I can in the time that I have. Because time is a fleeting thing for me. Or at least “free” time is fleeting. I’m not editing or worried about flow, so if this is disjointed,…
Hey, Look! I’m Over There!
“Hey, I’ve gotta go. Justin Bieber got arrested.” That’s how I ended my morning phone call with my BFF yesterday morning. Because that’s what I’m doing now. I have about 10 minutes before I fall asleep sitting up at my desk and thought maybe I’d take a minute to fill in the five people who…
Calm in the Chaos
Sometimes I reach breaking points with my anxiety and those times are always inopportune. Today was one of those days. We’re on a Super Mario Bros./Yo Gabba Gabba/Despicable Me 2/Goldfish crackers overload because of Winter break and Freezemageddon and the chaos in my brain has been threatening to overwhelm me all day long. I couldn’t shake…