I cleaned up puke on Mother’s Day. I cleaned up puke the whole following week. There’s something about a Mother’s Day that begins in tears because you had to wake up early with the kids and because no one said “Happy Mother’s Day” until you asked, even though you know that everyone was just tired and…
Doing It All
How to Brush Hair from a Parent who Doesn’t Brush Hair
Meet Ella. She is tiny, blonde, and she calls my kids “guys”. She adores her Nana (in contrast to her same-aged cousin Gavin who worships his Papa). She’s my niece. She has ridiculously curly hair. I don’t know about other boy-moms but I never brush my kids’ hair. OK, that’s not entirely true. I do…
Book Review: The Book Thief
If you’re going to write a book about the power of words, you need to be able to write powerful words. This was the thought that kept going through my head as I read through The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This book had been on my to-read list for a very long time – years…
Searching for Spring
I once loved winter. It used to be my favourite season. It contained my favourite holidays,Christmas and Valentine’s Day (otherwise known as my birthday). The crisp fallen snow on a lawn made everything look so peaceful and quiet and beautiful. And crunching in that snow for the very first time to create footprints made me…
Cameron at 4
Things change so quickly. Since Cameron’s birthday, I’ve heard the phrase “They grow up so fast” often. I’ve said it. You’ve said it to me. As parents, we say this to try to gain back some of our power over time, as if, by acknowledging its speed we can somehow focus so hard on the…
Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars
Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered. -The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Chapter 25 There’s a reason that The Fault in Our Stars has skyrocketed to the top of best seller charts. This young-adult fiction is a gripping,…
When Katie Asked Away
Have you met Katie? Okay, I have a bit of a confession to make here: I’ve been reading Katie’s blog, Sluiter Nation, for a lot longer than she has even known about me. I’ve been a longtime fan, new-time friend. Katie has two boys, just like I do and so I have always felt a…
White
I was among the first of my friends to get engaged. I was 21 years old and was beginning my final year of my undergrad when Dan popped the question. While my age would not have seemed young in 1979, when 22 and a half years was the average for women to get married, in…
When Greta Asked Away
Have you met Greta? Greta is the first American bloggy friend that I have met in person (I think. Don’t quote me on that). We didn’t just meet. We ran a half marathon together. We wore matching tutus (but we didn’t get a picture together). We laid on a hotel bed together while laughing and…
Movement
Motherhood sits precariously between total heart explosion and total mental breakdown.
A Year in 12 Photos: My 2013
(Otherwise known as the year Gavin grew up way too fast, the year I never cut my hair, and the year we bought a house…) Want to see more of our family’s transformation? Check out my 12 photos from 2012.
