Or, as I like to call it, "Why everyone who wants to be a parent someday should babysit (and not for the reasons that you think"). I know what is going through your head. You think that I am going to advise you to do a lot of babysitting before becoming a parent so that ...
Hello, and greetings from my next decade. I have been so quiet on here, but that was because as a present to myself (a.k.a. a promise made to my husband and J) I gave myself a few days off of work. I'm back. And I am a little nervous. There is so much that I want to ...
I mentioned on Monday that this has been a really unusual time for my little family, filled with hills and valleys (I likened it to a mountain, before, but I will make it simple, tonight). I wrote about how on Sunday we did things like Build Bears, eat popovers and lose our son in the mall ...
My relationship with my son is an extremely complex one. It is so easy for me to write about my daughter (my mini-me); in fact, I have literally hundreds of posts from which to choose, that would each somehow illustrate her character or our bond. I was just searching for the post in which I ...
In the classic love stories section of your local bookstore, you will undoubtedly find the tale of Becca and her beloved kale shakes. We courted, we fought, we divorced, we reconciled, and now we are an old married couple. In fact, we spend every night together. But, because I am not a chef, nor am I a ...
During your Grand Tour of the new Mommy, Ever After, I mentioned that there were some things in construction; a bedroom needed a light fixture, the tile work wasn't complete on the backsplash... but we have got some more work accomplished on this remodeling project and I want to make sure you know just where to ...
When my daughter got sick this week, I felt terrible and a bit paranoid; I obsessively researched foods to ward off illness and decided to force feed my family the vitamin rich foods that would keep them from getting this terrible strain of the flu. Yesterday, she was home with a fever, her brother and me, ...
Hey, you guys. I have some great news. Apparently the universe has not, in fact, been sending me signals that I should avoid being virtuous by eating more healthful superfoods. Yes, I had three kale-amities, but I was wrong about the common denominator; You see, I had thought it was the kale. No, no, no, my friends. This is what ...
Whenever my friends are going through break-ups, I always give them the same advice: "Don't let there be a gray area. That is when it gets most complicated and leads to the most pain, ultimately. Just rip off the band-aid and cut it off. It will hurt more now, but I promise it will make ...
As the old saying implies, you try to do something good, and it just ends up... not being so good. Today I made myself a kale smoothie. This came about after a few recent conversations; 1. A friend and I were emailing back and forth and he was like, "So, what are you up to?" and I was like, "I am ...
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