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Fiona says she thinks I need to go and get a job. That way she can get to go to daycare after school and play with her friends longer. I told her I had a job. What do you do all day Mommy? I write and do all those things that take care of my…
If you listen to your internal voice, sometimes you may hear yourself use the ” ould” words, should and could. When these words star in my mental dialogue, it’s a sign I’m feeling conflicted whether I am supposed to do something or not. Ould words foreshadow wiggly thoughts. So I’m sorting out my yard sale…
Around the world, many families are cared for by a stay at home caretaker or housewife or husband. I am one by both default and by choice. I was unwilling to work only to pay for childcare so I am focusing on my writing career and blog and am in charge of our children and…
Last month, as I searched for a photograph that wasn’t my outdated head shot, I was reminded yet again that I don’t exist. All the pictures in our family albums prove my disappearance. According to these pictures, our family seems to have had some really wonderful times. At the beach, in New York, and at…
This article is for my dear friend Claudia, expecting her surprise baby in August. Since it has been so long since either of us have had a baby, there were a few facts and tidbits I thought I’d share besides the ones I shared in The Irk Is In the Details, to make it easier…
It was just one of those extended parenting weekends. I knew it was coming. I tried to pad it with play dates. But there’s something about the combo of the Daddy cat being gone that makes the mouse want to play knick knack paddy whack on Mommy’s nerves. Those long weekends are like a sentence…
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