I found a secret special “aha” a while back on Instagram. A woman returned from a retreat which had moved her. And what she described was sort of…
A thousand thoughts I think every day and then they slip my mind as the day drones on. They fall into a my brain colander and then slip…
I know you think I am a nice person. And I am most of the time. But a patient person? Having a toddler has shown me all of…
Mothers worldwide know the importance of regularly napped children. Those same babies with mostly lovely regular little napping schedules then become tots who begin to doubt your wisdom…
My budding toddler has begun to emit a sound that now wins the highest honor for most intolerable and grating sound in my brain. It is known as…
He came home from school and told me he was reading the Hunger Games. Had been talking about how his friend had read it and he was going…
(A treat for you from two years ago. A piece I’d hoped to have published and never got around to submitting so here it is for your reading…
Again, it’s hot high Summer. The Fourth is always muggy nasty here in Maryland. But I’m looking forward to spending time with some dear friends this weekend. People…
A third of the time, I feel like I did a good job with the choices I made in a day mothering my children. A third of the…
I’m watching her swagger across the room, her hands up, hips swinging in that self-conscious “I’m just learning how to put it all together” kind of way. A…