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If there’s one universal truth of parenting, it’s that there’s never enough time. Never enough time to sleep. Never enough time to play. Never enough time with your kids. Never enough time to call your mom. There’s just never enough time. I feel like I’m in a constant battle against Father Time, that jerk. When […]
The truth is that mother-in-laws get a bad rap. A mother spends her best years raising an amazing young man who will one day leave the nest to devote his entire universe to a woman she’s only just met. If we moms of boys step outside our role as daughter-in-law for a moment to consider […]
People are always saying how motherhood is a thankless job. I totally get where that statement comes from. Moms work really hard for what can often seem like a whole lotta whining and frustration. Sure, there are good times, but the madness outweighs the joy regularly. I ridiculously began my motherhood experience expecting a certain […]
Like a lot of you, I’m with my kids 24/7. We wake up together, eat together, play together, clean up (sometimes) together, and on and on and well … on. It’s like “Groundhog Day” only not nearly as funny. Aside from the constant fighting, snack retrievals, and endless boring-ass conversations about Skylanders, I’m seriously lucky […]
Parenting is awesome. And frightening. And wonderful. And hard. Whenever a couple announces their first pregnancy, I’m filled with glee and yes, a hint of sympathy. If they only knew how much life was about to change. If they only knew how much they were about to be challenged. If they only knew how much […]
I know I’m an annoying mother. It is perhaps because I’m an annoying mother that I can write this post; it’s a “takes one to know one” sort of thing. I don’t know that any of us can escape the clenches of annoying parentisms. We all fall victim to some degree. But that’s just it […]
BooBoo is 4 years old, and I’ve never thrown him a birthday party. Of course we celebrate his birthday, my gosh, but we celebrate it in a very homespun way. I make his cake, we give a few gifts, and we do something special as a family to celebrate him. One year we went to […]
Boy Wonder’s never been the athletic type. He enjoys a good bike ride and wrestling match with his brother every now and again, but he’s usually content drawing or playing video games. In my feeble attempt to keep my kids busy this summer, I scoured our local parks and rec brochure for an activity, any […]
I’m not trying to be insensitive here, but all moms have it hard. Motherhood is an all-encompassing, life-altering experience we’ve all chosen to be a part of. Sure, we didn’t know how hard it was going to be, but we also didn’t know just how amazing it was going to be either. Mothers parent in […]
When Boy Wonder began fishing for a stuck quarter in a women’s restroom tampon machine, he got way more than he bargained for. Read the hilarious story of innocence lost here.
The Untitled GenX Podcast
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