I am taking a moment to write this as Alfredo cheese sauce dries on the kitchen table, and dishes lay piled in the sink…toys on the floor…laundry in the dryer. Because I remembered for a moment that writing is my … Continue reading The Words We (Mothers) Need to Hear
I was in the middle of another hour of another day of my somewhat self-absorbed (yet completely family- and task-oriented life, when I saw her. I’d seen her before. She lives in the coin-op laundry room on my side of … Continue reading Spider and Me
Moms, if you’re anything like me, you’ve watched the Extreme Couponing show on TLC once or twice and felt inspired to hack shopping with agility to that extent. I’m not claiming that I have hacked shopping entirely, but I have found … Continue reading SHOPPING HACKS – Part 1 – Save 2-30% almost ANYWHERE
This was in response to a great thread I had going on one of my posts. Moms, we struggle with taking our kids to daycare. There are those of us who cannot WAIT to be people again and drop our … Continue reading For Moms With Kids In Daycare…
Shout out to fellow writer Hillary, who echoes my EXACT sentiments about being on the road with a baby. PERFECT! A post I don’t have to write, because she already did it. 😉 Continue reading Traveling with Baby? Review This Contract
I bet you read the title of this post and thought, “Finally!” I regret to inform you that traveling with an infant…with preparedness and grace…is not possible. First of all, I did not make “goodie bags” for the fellow passengers. … Continue reading How to Travel Solo With an Infant, With Preparedness and Grace
My dearest, sweet baby girl Esme, Tomorrow I will do the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do (today, by the time you get this): leave you in the care of someone else. I don’t want to, but supporting our … Continue reading Returning to Work, A Mother’s Every Mourning…
Last night, I put my baby girl in our Ergobaby carrier after an evening feeding, and headed out for a walk to enjoy our cool, California summer evening. As we walked, I seized the opportunity of her calm alertness to … Continue reading The Women We Used To Be
It’s Midnight. My husband has left for a several-day work trip, and I am once again left to the devices of my 12-lb baby girl and whatever she decides to do tonight. Thus far, she has decided to be fussy … Continue reading Abandonment of “Self” (Yet, the Finding of it)
I hate to disappoint, but I wanted to mention before I start posting away that this blog is not likely going to be the place you come for articulate recipes photographed beautifully in an impeccable kitchen. This will also not … Continue reading This is NOT your average “mom blog…”
The Book of Mom 