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 ...
"You know what the secret is? It's so simple. We love one another. We're nice to one another. Do you know how rare that is?" -Ann Brashares, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" I am blessed to have "friends" who are actually my family. I have written countless times about how #FriendshipIsThickerThanBlood and about the power of ...
I write a lot on here about my dear, beloved friends, who are like my sisters. We talk constantly, see each other whenever possible and are as close as friends can be. But I am also lucky enough to have an actual sister; She has appeared many times on here throughout the years, and although we ...
my sister: Today, you graduated from Graduate School with your Master's degree and I could not be more proud. As you are about to start your first job, a real job, an amazing job, I can't help but to gasp as I realize you are now grown up. The hours we spent in your little, pink Laura Ashley bedroom, playing hairdresser as "Sherry Shamu" ...
I think that someone was feeling a little need to raise her coolness cred... I received the following BBM at 2:28 this morning. I bet you can guess who it is from. "Just want to let you know that I quoted "Big Rock Candy Mountain" drunk right now. FYI." If you guessed the baby sister, you'd be correct. Oh, ...
This evening, not long after dinnertime, and just after bathtime, and right before bedtime, the baby and I squeezed in a little video-chat time with my baby sis. You see, before the baby could bring herself to fall asleep, she needed "True Love's Kiss" from her favorite Aunt, which, around these parts, is a special smooch that is reserved for only ...
In response to the photo that I posted of my recently polished nails, I got the following LSM (Little Sister Message): "LOVE. I want to copy. Though I won't because, if history repeats itself as they say it does, you'll throw the polish at my head. You were such a nice sisty." Yes, this is how we talk ...
Follow Mommy, Ever After