The Pressure
In the last year or two, several of my close friends have entered the world of motherhood for the first time. As I went to the baby showers, visited the proud (and very exhausted) parents and babies in the hospitals,โฆ
Separation: Anxiety or Just Variety?
I just finished a week of separation from my three children. One went to her first overnight camp, and the other two spent the week with their grandparents. There were mixed emotions during this time, for sure. I mean, Iโฆ
Mama Maverick
It started out like any other Saturday morningโฆ Iโm lying. It was nothing like any other Saturday morning. I woke up with a migraine. The whole back half of my head throbbed and felt like it weighed 67 pounds. Whileโฆ
Not According to Plan
It was the first time in my then-nine years of motherhood that all of my children were to have ongoing scheduled activities, of which I was not to be a part. Honestly, this was pretty exciting to me. Now thatโฆ
Half as Hard, Twice as Good
Iโve had three babies and only once went to the hospital with a โfalse alarm.โ Just a couple of weeks before my due date with my son Caleb, I thought I was in labor. So off to the hospital weโฆ
A Decade and a Decision
My firstborn just turned 10. โI canโt believe itโ is my normal reaction to her birthday. As all parents told me it would, the time has truly flown by. Wasnโt it โjust yesterdayโ that I was rocking her, spoon-feeding herโฆ
Nose-to-Nose, Heart-to-Heart
Recently I had to have a difficult โnose-to-noseโ conversation with my daughter. She was having a lot of trouble admitting that she was wrong about something, and Kevin and I had been noticing that this issue with her had beenโฆ
My Little Pony
When my daughter Callie was two years old, our friend Kari gave her a toy for Christmas. โOh, Callie! Itโs My Little Pony!โ I exclaimed as she opened the package. Very confused, little Callie looked up at me and said,โฆ
A Tribute to Tradition
Itโs hard to tell when traditions actually begin or why they begin. I just know my family has them, especially around Christmastime. First of all, we insist on having a live tree. Iโd like to say we go to aโฆ
Not-So-Traditional Thanksgivings
When I was growing up, every year we had the same Thanksgiving tradition at my grandparentsโ house. It was always my family, my aunt, my uncle, my cousins, my grandparents, turkey, dressing (the best Iโve ever had!), twice-baked potatoes, homemadeโฆ
