hashtag accomplishments

So, this is what I am going to call "Confessions Week" here on Mommy, Ever After. I am about to admit yet another secret of sorts, about which I am simultaneously proud and also a bit sheepish. Earlier this week I admitted that my son is a maniac. And you seemed to get it. That felt ...

Last First Day

I recently re-posted a piece that I wrote back in 2011 for a site geared towards pregnancy, parenthood and the like. I called it "Back to School Blues" and it was a combination of advice from a teacher (my column on the site was called "The Little Scholar") and my feelings as a new parent. I ...

Dear Current Husband

So, today started like this: https://instagram.com/p/49AmvkSz_2/?taken-by=mommyeverafter And, by the way, hashtag no nap. And our son just figured out how to watch Family Guy on the iPad. He's in stitches. So, it got me thinking... and since I have become a dedicated songwriter, I started to sing the Meghan Trainor song in my head. Perhaps it had to do with the fact that ...

In College

I have written before about my time college; how my experience was certainly not traditional, but how it was oh so very meaningful. Am I happy that I chose to go to Barcelona at the age of 19? Of course. Had I not taken the untraditional college path, I would not have met my twin. ...

He nailed it.

"Every time you watch Bravo it's like 'I want to have an '80s Party!' 'I want to have a Flash Mob!' 'I want to do a blind junk-food taste-test!' I'm waiting for you to ask me for a dog Bar-Mitzvah." -My husband. Dog Bar-Mitzvah, eh? A Bark Mitzvah. He's onto something. Just have to make sure Jill ...