Joshua and I spend the morning drive to school talking. About anything and everything. Usually Sonic the Hedgehog or Toy Story. This morning’s conversation made my heart sink a little. “Mama, what song is this?” “This is the fairy godmother song from Cinderella.” “Mama, do you like Cinderella?” “I do.” “I like Lightning McQueen. Mama, you…
Motherhood
The First of Many
Last night I buzzed around the house labeling and packing and organizing and picking out clothes. I fretted. I worried. I hoped. I thought about the past 4 years and looked ahead to the next 14. I remembered the car ride home from the hospital and how that was just yesterday, wasn’t it? I looked to…
When I Was Your Age…
Joshua’s in that fun zone of childhood where he likes to pretend to be someone else. And in pretending to be someone else we inevitably all become characters in whatever fantasy land he’s living in for the day. Or the minute. Because that’s how rapidly our identities change these days. Some days he’s “Somic” and…
A great day
Today was a great day. There’s been a lot of not great around here this week. Cranky kids and a cranky mom and we were all just cranky. “Grumpos,” as Joshua has taken to calling us. And he was right. But not today. Today was the kind of day my heart needed. The kind of…
Dear New Mama
Dear New Mama, Congratulations! You just had a baby. Now fasten your seatbelt. That tiny little bundle of lungs and poop is about to rock your world. I don’t know everything there is to know about mothering, and just as soon as I eliminate some options and figure out the correct answer to whatever seems…