My son wants attention. Just not from me. And it’s starting to hurt a little.
Almost every morning for the past year or more, my son has woken up and called for his mother. “Mommy!” He will shout this word for as long as it…
The vastly underutilized “You told me so.”
As I’ve made clear, I am an enormous fan of the “I told you so,” going so far as to have an “I told you so” calendar. What I would like…
The two days that I will not miss my children and pets one bit
Someday, far into the future, there will be no children and no pets running around our home. I will be deeply saddened by this. Except on the mornings of Daylight…
He can sing the Clean Up song. Does this mean he might actually learn to clean up someday?
Listening to my son sing "The Clean Up Song" is great. I have no idea where he learned it, but hearing him sing it is incredibly cute. I’m just hoping…
Resolution update: October 2014
In an effort to hold myself accountable, I post a list of my New Year’s resolutions at the beginning of each month, along with their progress (or lack thereof). With…
Halloween has meant many different things to me depending upon the year. Have your Halloweens followed a similar trajectory?
Halloween is one of the few holidays that have completely changed depending on how old I am. As a child, I donned a Halloween costume and went trick-or-treating, hoping to…
People will still try to destroy you.
In my experience, this may be true, but it doesn’t mean that you are safe. Fools and extremists may attempt to destroy you anyway.
Who is watching these political ads?
The Center for Responsive Politics estimates that nearly $4 billion will be spent on television advertising for the 2014 midterm elections, up from $3.6 billion in 2010. My question: Who…
Our little yoga clocks
One of our routines at the dinner table is to talk about the best part of each one of our days. Charlie is only two years-old and doesn’t quite get…
11 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was 20
Author Shelli Johnson posted a list titled "10 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was 20." As such, I was inspired to write my own list. Unlike Johnson, who was…
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