...finding perfection in imperfection daily.
My son will turn 5 years old tomorrow, September 12th. I like to pretend sheer force of will and an iron cervix kept him baking until I gave him permission to be born the following morning. I suffered from hypertension throughout my pregnancy and since my baby was past the 37 week gestation mark, my […]
While it’s true nobody said marriage was easy, only folks in a bad marriage can truly understand that marriage shouldn’t have to be so hard. Despite the best of intentions and promises of forever, sometimes a marriage just doesn’t work out. No matter the reason for the deterioration of a relationship, staying in a toxic […]
You clicked over to read the article because you were like, “What the?!” It’s not what it looks like, I swear. I told you before that I’ve never thrown BooBoo a birthday party, but on the occasion of his 5th birthday, he wanted one and we were all too happy to oblige. Woo hoo! A […]
Most of us at one time or another have come dangerously close to losing ourselves in love. Whether we unconsciously changed to become more appealing to our partner or simply lost sight of ourselves somewhere along the way, we know love has tremendous power to change us. If the healthiest relationships celebrate the authenticity of […]
God bless the classroom moms and dads of the world. My 5th grader is in a class of 33 kids this year and that means for every homework page, class assignment, and test given, the teacher gets 33 back. That’s a lot of work! And paperwork is only the beginning. Add behavior management of 33 […]
As you can tell by the title, I’ve “homaged” the heck out of my little artist twice before (here, and here). As much as I love to share Boy Wonder’s artwork with heaping amounts of mom pride, sometimes I wonder if I’m pushing art too hard. To quote myself from yesterday, “Boy Wonder has been […]
Every once in a while we get the distinct pleasure of hearing about some whacked-out law that’s still on the books from Anytown, USA. We all snicker, wonder how the law got there in the first place and then go back to ignoring the laws we find inconvenient. Now most of us are law-abiding citizens, […]
It never fails, every time I meet someone new and the conversation steers towards my kids, I’m always asked the same question: Are your kids in sports? The answer is no. It’s not that we’re anti-sports around these parts – far from it. Quite simply, the emotional, physical, and social benefits of youth sports are […]
If everybody complains about marriage so much, then why do people get married? I’ll tell you why, because marriage is worth it for all the right reasons (and often hilarious for all the wrong ones). In my 13 years of marriage I’ve learned just one thing: you’ve got to be able to laugh at yourself […]
This is me at 9 years old. By 1985 standards I was right on schedule for awkward, but still. The night before picture day I slept in pink sponge rollers in a deliberate attempt to do this to my hair. Also, my mom spent 20 solid minutes perfecting my feathered bangs per explicit instruction. Friends, […]
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