Is being a good enough mother...enough? After I had my daughter what feels like almost a lifetime ago ( shoot it was almost 10 years ago) I was blessed enough in my personal life to be able to stay at home and luxuriate in full-time motherhood. I had all these grand notions about how effortless and all encompassing it would be- the love would be so palpable, that I'd be able to subsist on it … [Read more...]
Wishes for my Daughter on her Birthday
Wishes for my Daughter on her Birthday I am constantly reminded about the fragility of life and that every day with my daughter is a gift (even the ones where she is telling me that I am turning our house into a hoarders den). How is it possible that my ginger is going to be 19 this month?!? My april baby, my eldest (aka my burned pancake ? ) DOES she KNOW that she is my heart … [Read more...]
Raising Boys is Like Living in a Frat House
since my daughter departed for Wisconsin - I finally realized that Raising Boys is Like Living in a Frat House. AKA I got a taste of what it is like to live in a testosterone fueled house. I've laughed at memes that compare a boy mom's life to living in a frat house and thought- aww c'mon it can be that different from living in a house with daughters! But I honestly never realized … [Read more...]
Three Mistakes All Parents will Make (And That’s Okay)
Last night while I was trying to get my 13 year old OUT of my bed and into his bed he reminded me ( or rather he tried to make me feel GUILTY) about that time I LOST him in the WATER PARK. Hence this post Three Mistakes All Parents will Make (And That's Okay). Because Yes that is right- I LOST my then seven year old at the Water park. Okay let me set the scene for you. Despite my husband's … [Read more...]
The Only Five Parenting Tips You will Ever Need
So we are more than a few months away from putting those lofty parenting resolutions we all crafted and are determined to stick to in 2018 into practice. ( I have some help for those of us myself included who have fallen off the wagon -- The Only Five Parenting Tips You will Ever Need ). Unfortunately, oftentimes rather than focus on all the wonderful gifts you've just given your kids many of us, … [Read more...]