Category Archives: parenting
Baby names from books
Let me preface this with a disclaimer: I am NOT having any more children. Okay? Okay. So let’s not see this as me planning one….. I LOVE naming things. I love love naming. There’s a simple pleasure to it that … Continue reading
Oh my friggin’ gawd – my child is 11!!
Dear daughter o’ mine: Last week you turned 11 years old. This is a huge turning point in your life, and in our relationship. The teen years can turn even the sweetest of dispositions sour. I’ve seen young preteens act … Continue reading
Ode to my mother
I sat down this morning with the full intention of writing something positive about my mother. I started with: ODE TO MY MOTHER And that’s pretty much where I stopped as well. Because, as hard as I tried, the only … Continue reading
wrists are flaring, kids are stealin’ – at least the sun is shining
The weather in the Midwest has one constant: you never know what to expect. One day this weekend it was fifty degrees. This morning it was nearly eighty. I go from skulking indoors to sitting on my front porch with … Continue reading
and princess leia doesn’t cook ramen noodles, jerk
Supermom’s youngest kid, Sean, is five. He functions more at the level of a young four-year-old – still drinking out of a sippy cup, only now having (mostly) intelligible conversations, and he wore a diaper until a few months ago. … Continue reading
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SPT – a blue tuesday
The February challenge at Self-Portrait Challengeis “blue”. I was excited when I saw this since blue is my absolute favorite color and has been since I was very young. I had hoped to do something a bit more cheerful this … Continue reading
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gimme a break
I’m not very entertaining right now, am I? I would be witty and charming and bright and fun, I’m sure, had I not gone through the type of day I did today. Well, maybe I could. …. okay, probably not, … Continue reading
teen queen
We were sitting on the couch together watching some typical Disney channel show where a teenage daughter was fighting with her mother when Ani looked up at me and said, “Mommy, you know that when I’m a teenager I’m going … Continue reading
There’s rainbows in the sky, at least
Did I really complain only a few weeks ago about it being too hot? It went from 90 degrees to 45 in that time period. It’s been raining every single day. Gimme back summer! I lied! I don’t want to … Continue reading
Ani’s note-worthy behavior
When we were growing up my sister was called ‘the raging bull’, for good reason. She was the loudest kid I have ever, to this day, seen. Hyperactive did not cover my sister’s behavior. She was like an ADHD kid … Continue reading
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