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…

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…