Category: Motherhood
Psycho

If You Can’t Say Something Nice

So I haven’t been my usual congenial self lately.

Gonna Vomit

“Twenty-Four-Hours-A-Day-Everyday-For-Two-And-A-Half-Months Sickness” is more accurate although I can see how that term is less user-friendly.

Our Noisy Years Seem Moments

Everyday they play, and eat, and learn, and fight, and talk, and sing, and laugh. The days fly by. And while they are still little I make it a priority to learn as much from them as I can.

Avasco2

Avery vs. The Nothing

Puppets trump orcs, sharks, and violent Scottish men.

Tom Selleck is an Extrovert

The importance of identifying your child or yourself, especially in cases where you’re dealing with a spirited/difficult person, is to avoid being overdrawn emotionally to avoid public and private meltdowns. As we have public and private meltdowns daily this caught my eye.

12May2008

Ode to Avery

Somehow, from the early hours of her birthday Avery knew instinctively what turning two would mean for her.

Ten Reasons I’d Rather: Part One

A wise men once said, “To pick up clothes and wash them, dry them, fold them, and put them away is the lamest, most time-consuming chore known to man.”