The post below was written by fellow parenting blogger, Janice Russell, of parentingdisasters.com. Working from home when you have kids is hard, particularly when you have a baby and/or toddler in tow. Amid diaper changes, feedings, naps, and guarding your little ones against dangerous objects/situations, it...
When you’re a kid, you wonder all kinds of things. Who will I marry? Where will I live? What will my job be? How many kids will I have? What will their names be? What will my wedding be like? What car will I drive as an adult? Will I look like my...
I furiously pumped my arms up and down while my legs pointed up in the air at a forty-five degree angle. I wondered if a cardio class would have felt better than Pilates with all the rage I needed to sweat out. Do they make...
I was in the shower just now and thinking about what I would put on when I got out. Jeans would be the appropriate pants for today, a day momming in and out of public. But who decided jeans were our casual wear? The jeans...
Every family has a language; certain phrases or slang based on life experiences that is unique to that tight-knit group of people. For example, there's Too Silly, something my dad would say about me when I'd hit that manic Jim-Carrey-in-The-Mask level of overexcited that never failed to annoy...
“How do other people do this?” my husband Cory asked the ceiling, with his palms in his eyes. It's the morning after. We were up late. If you were to peek in our window at 9:45 p.m. any given night, you'd see a wild-haired naked three-year-old jumping...
“Part of me is so excited for the holidays,” said a client of mine a few weeks back. “And part of me just wants to open my eyes on January first and have it be over.” I cocked my head at that. Wish away the most...