Tag: parenting
Can We Please Stop Sick-Shaming Parents?
I'm sitting here trying to write this between hacking cough sessions and trips to check on my son and husband. You guessed it, we...
A Mom’s Guide to Surviving Childhood Surgery
I am no doctor.
But I am a mama and I have experienced childhood surgery first hand. I can't tell you how to parent, and...
I Am A Bad Mom…According to Social Media
I was born an extreme worrier. I used to make myself sick over things: if my parents didn't pick me up right on time...
6 Reasons I’m Glad I Waited to Have Kids
I had my first child at 28, and am pregnant with my second at 35. There were many reasons I decided to wait to...
In Defense of #boymom
I want to begin by saying that I believe in my heart of all hearts that a strive for gender equality must be a...
Things I Thought I’d Never Do: Food Edition
Before I became a parent, I had the list: the things I said I won't do when I become a parent list. Nowadays, that list is...
Motherhood from the Other Side: Parenting Adult Children
Last week, my oldest son turned 21. Gasp! No! It can’t be! It’s hard to believe that my children are, one by one, turning...
I am not the primary parent. And that’s okay.
My husband recently took our nine-month-old daughter along on some errands. They picked up dog food, went to the grocery store, and stopped by a...
The Struggle That Is Parenting Threenagers
It usually starts like this. A relatively calm, happy evening. My three-year-old son and I discuss our days: what we did, how we missed...
We Are Officially Outnumbered: The Silver Lining as a Mom of...
I always knew, deep in my heart, that I wanted three children, but we were in no rush to make that decision. However, destiny...
Patience: The Double Standard of Parenting
Several times a day I want to scream at the very top of my lungs for my son to please just BE PATIENT. At...
My Phrase for 2016: “Make It Count”
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." —Annie Dillard
The baby had gone down with relative ease; I'd just...
10 Things I Learned as a New Stay-at-Home Mom
My January of 2015 started out with a bang. Three months into my new job as an Investment Reporting Manager, I was called into...
Parenting Now and How I Hope My Son Remembers Me
My son is soon to be three years old. Where has the time gone? The days of his little rolly polly baby body are...