If you are anything like I am, then we have (probably hundreds, but at least) two things in common: First, you care about your skin. You dread the appearance of wrinkles or dullness and want to look healthy and your best AND Second, you've seen thousands of posts on your Facebook page and Instagram feed from women ...
Kid: Mom, can you put on Sheriff Callie's Wild West where Peck plays horseshoes and is a horrible sport? Me: Sure Kid: I'm a great sport, right? Me: Yeah. (I was lying bee tee double you) Kid: Yeah! I play basketball, I play catch.. ....and she trailed off, turned away and then pivoted back, saying, "There's some strange magic here." Strange magic, indeed, ...
One year in, a pandemic poem To hear me read the poem, click here. February 2020, when we look back now, it almost seems funny, A whole year has passed in the blink of an eye, (read: agonizing slog; a lifetime’s gone by). As we licked envelopes for our Valentines, freely, our hopes were still bright, our nerves still so steely. 2020 was ...
"Does that stethoscope really work?" he asked, his blue, marble-like eyes widening. "Of course! I am a real doctor," I said, straightening the lab coat I had gotten made for his Halloween birthday party. I'd had it embroidered with "Meredith Grey M.D. F.A.C.S." to wear along with my scrubs, messy bun, Grey + Sloan Memorial Hospital ID badge, and converse ...
Hello! Here I am! I could write about the last couple of weeks, and how much has happened, and everything about the book the book the book, but I think that we could all use a break from the book the book the book. And I have a promise on which to make good. On New Year's Eve I ...
It has been 16 years. How has it been 16 years? *** When I woke up this morning, roused from my slumber by little hands poking at me, I checked my phone, saw the date, and felt the familiar pit in my stomach as I read the words "Monday, September 11" on my iPhone's home screen. I can't believe ...
I remember when I wrote this post -- about the autumn leaves crunching under my feet and the smell of firewood in the air. I remember it so vividly, yet it was over six years ago, when my daughter was not even six months old. She was just starting to speak, as she was an incredibly early (and eager) ...
Dear Husband, On your birthday 10 years ago, we had just gotten engaged. You came into our first shared bedroom to find 25 wrapped gifts on our bed, to honor your 25th birthday. On your birthday nine years ago we were preparing to get married. We took a trip to NYC to meet Twin halfway between Philadelphia ...
Friends, I am here to wish you a very Happy Anniversary! This site, this very site here, was launched One year ago, Today. With our first post at www.mommyeverafter.com. Mommy, Ever After, something that I started 5 years and 10 months ago, used to look very different than it does now, and it has only grown for the better better ...
The holidays are almost here. Last year the holidays were the best ever, as we invented and established our own holiday traditions. I am so happy that many of these traditions have stuck; we are doing another Pollyanna gift exchange, some trips and have Christmas plans that involve nine pairs of matching pajamas. Though holidays, for me, are ...
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