I thought once I got back down to my regular size that my style would pick up right where I’d left off, with everything belted and at least a few layers to switch things up and a pair of colorful heels a few times a week (not too mention the hairstyle-rotation thing I used to …
Several times in the last few weeks (since I’ve quit teaching, maybe forever), I’ve been asked the following question: “So what do you DO now? How are you filling up all that spare time?” First off, I always have to inwardly chuckle a little bit at the question, especially when I get it from moms …
Last year on Mother’s Day, I was so new to the whole motherhood thing that I described it as feeling like I knew I was a mother, but I didn’t feel like a “Mom with a capital M” yet. Sure, I’d managed to keep us all alive for a few weeks, but I was in …
Photo courtesy of my sis My baby Raven, Today, you are one. WOW. What a year it has been! From the moment you first drew breath, you have seemingly been determined to learn as much as you can every day and to try to hit as many milestones as you can before each new month …
Today has been one of Those Days. You know the ones I mean—the one where from the get go, you feel like you’re failing in general at this thing known as Adulthood and Life in General (or at the very least scraping by with perhaps a D+). And then things pile on top of that …
You know what’s crazy? Parenthood has been about 20% what I expected, and 80% (mostly delightfully) not what I expected at all. I guess my problem has always been that I tend to pay much more attention to all the negative hype around something rather than the positive. That was definitely true of marriage–for …
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Mom Guilt is a real thing. Even when you have done pretty much everything within your power to be the best mom you could be, to protect and nurture and teach and care for your kid(s), The Guilt seems to remain–The Guilt over what you could have done …
There are a few things that it seems like all mothers say– “The first month is all about survival,” “After awhile, you forget what pregnancy and labor are really like,” and, by far the most common— “Children grow up so fast (and it will break your heart to watch it happen).” With all these truths, …
