All summer long a rant has been bubbling up inside of me that is two not-even-full sentences long: Dear Moms At The Pool, Pay attention to your kid(s). We’ve averaged a trip a week to the pool this summer. Me and two kids. In water. See that? IN THE WATER. Me. With them. Because they […]
Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope
If this post makes you feel twitchy or uncomfortable or offended, it’s probably because you’re guilty of what I’m about to discuss. That’s okay. This post makes me twitchy and uncomfortable and offended, too. Because I’m guilty of what I’m about to discuss and I know it. There’s a post making the rounds on Facebook […]
Well, they’ll take your soul if you let them. Oh yeah, but don’t you let them.
The single hardest thing about leaving the work force and staying home, for me at least, has been the significant drop in adult interaction in my life since last June. And by significant drop I mean Dan is sometimes the only adult I see in an entire week, except dropping Joshua off at school. No […]
Cheers to the freaking weekend
Emma’s swing died on Wednesday morning. Like, died-dead and not just batteries-dead. And I realize this is snarky of me, but I’m rather shocked at the number of people who asked me if the batteries were dead when I said the swing was dead as if there was no possible way I would’ve thought to […]
That’s what friends are for
Joshua woke up before 6:00 this morning. Which means I was up at 6:00. Then Emma was up at 7:00. There was much coffee and swinging and playing of Angry Birds while Mama gained some sanity. And once I was sufficiently caffeinated we went for a play date with some of our very favorite people. […]
Breastfeeding: Why I do it
Boobs. Such a loaded topic when discussing them in terms of breastfeeding. (See what I did there? Boobs? Loaded? With milk?) Lest Snooki become the last bastion for breastfeeding information for the entire human race, I thought I’d tell y’all a bit about why I chose breastfeeding for my kids and some of the pros […]
No Man is an Island
“In the Heaven of Indra, there is said to be a network of pearls, so arranged that if you look at one you see all the others reflected in it. In the same way each object in the world is not merely itself but involves every other object and in fact IS everything else.” – […]
This one’ll probably get me fired, or just fired up
So last week I watched an e-debate take place between The Feminist Breeder, whose blog I do read, and Jessica Valenti, whose blog I don’t read. The debate started (I think) about whether or not formula companies should be able to hand out free samples and swag to moms in the hospital. TFB said that […]
And just like that, I am Prufrock again
And would it have been worth it, after all, After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, Among the porcelain, some talk of you and me, Would it have been worth while, To have bitten off the matter with a smile, To have squeezed the universe into a ball To roll it towards some overwhelming question, […]
I pledge allegiance to the moms
I was bullied during my childhood and adolescence. This bullying was rationalized away as being “just what kids do.”It’s not. It doesn’t have to be. Kids don’t just learn to be bullies because it’s in their nature. They learn it from their parents and the adults in their lives. In my adult life, I’m sad […]