May 12th 2009
Tags:
giving,
moms
2 Comments
I'm pretty darned sure this is the best card I've ever received in my life (Joy made it for me at school). Also, I think she might have inherited my sweet tooth, but I'm not sure.
Dear Mom
You are as sweet as a cookie!
You are as marvelous as chocolate!
You are as ...
July 16th 2008
Tags:
moms
6 Comments
I don't actually know how to cope with being a mother sometimes - this feeling of having my heart outside of my body, and the feeling of unity with other mothers around the world. Sometimes I'm not entirely comfortable with it.I heard this story on NPR this afternoon, and I ...
June 9th 2008
Tags:
hapless,
moms
No Comments
I am a weary, run down mommy. And this morning I made the mistake of looking in the mirror as I passed it - where I realized that I look like... a weary, run down mommy.I know I would feel at least a little bit better if I at least ...
June 3rd 2008
Tags:
baby,
moms,
sick
One Comment
what it means to be the mom when the kids are sick:sleeping sitting up in bed with a cricked neck while holding the child allllll nighttaking an inordinate number of days off of worktyping one-handednot showeringkeeping track of and force feeding lots of medicationspanicking about temperatures (104.6!?) and weight loss ...
May 14th 2008
Tags:
family,
moms
3 Comments
During the first years, holidays as a single mom were really hard. Especially mother's day and birthdays. There's no breakfast in bed or sleeping in. No help with the laundry or break from diaper changes... but I'm finally getting the idea of how to enjoy the holidays instead of wallowing ...
April 10th 2008
Tags:
moms,
single,
work
One Comment
OK boys and girls (but mostly girls), I have a little theory. I think we're all wasting precious time being jealous of each other. Mrs. Flinger interviewed me on Mamaspod last week, for a show about "The Mommy Wars." It's about the working vs. stay-at-home mom debate. But I think ...
March 18th 2008
Tags:
moms
3 Comments
OK ok ok, it's going to be OK. Just so nobody thinks I'm going to slit my wrists or anything. I just got a good old-fashioned mom pep talk, and I'm back on the saddle. I'm almost over the hump. I can do this!I think I can. I think I ...
January 30th 2008
Tags:
babies,
moms
2 Comments
The baby has started saying "mama mama mamamamamama"!! But I have no proof -- this is one of several attempts where I try to get her to say mama and she eats the camera instead.
January 15th 2008
Tags:
moms
No Comments
When I had my first baby, I went to one of my first mommy's health check-ups. The doctors basically look at your most private parts as though they were as uninteresting as your nose, and ask you questions so personal your own husband wouldn't have the guts to ask you.One ...
December 28th 2007
Tags:
moms,
single
3 Comments
This is one of those days where I don't think I can do it after all. But where do you go to turn in a mommy badge? Who accepts these darned things anyway?
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