Morning: XX v. XY

This morning, both of my kids woke up before 6am. I can't complain, as they both crashed last night at 6pm. Except, now they are totally a #team, which is awesome, and only slightly terrifying. So, their morning ritual is now this: One child usually wakes up first. If it is my daughter, I can tell because I can see ...

With all of the things I worry about…

Last week in school, my daughter's class shared the indoor play area with the Pre-K. I was so tickled to see many of the older girls fawning over my daughter, as they held her hand and walked her around, pushed her in a play car and even taught her some of their games. But my daughter, ...

“with glasses.”

originally published on Little Four Eyes Something happened, recently; In fact, many somethings: My baby daughter became a kid; She started to go to school; She got recognized for her glasses. Back in the early days, when her diagnoses and spectacles were so new, my greatest fear was that she’d be judged. I worried that she would be ridiculed and prayed that she ...

The very best.

Listening to my husband, as he brags to his parents and regales his friends with tales of cuteness from our daughter's school day is one of the most joy-filled experiences imaginable... ...second only to the exquisite gift of witnessing these moments of cuteness firsthand. I've said it before and I'll say it again, but being a parent has made me a ...

It just occurred to me that there may be one major upside to having delivered my daughter via unplanned c-section. Being a preschool teacher, my kids have a million questions. For everything. Watching their teacher’s pregnancy from start to finish really put them over the edge. As you can imagine, the two main, recurring questions were: “How ...