A really embarrassing thing happened to me this week. I woke up on the day that Good Morning America was scheduled to come to my house and film us for a story on my stay-at-home mom article that went completely viral (we’re talking 3 million hits in 3 days kind of viral) and I felt…
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When You Aren’t Loving Motherhood
“Do you really think you would enjoy this?” I said to my husband over our fajitas last night. “Do you really think you would like staying home, day after day after day with them?” He looked rather sheepishly down at his plate of rice and beans and shook his head. I nodded, triumphantly stabbing my…
It’s Not So Bad…
For the past three working days, I’ve worked a day shift, helping teach a nurse aide course through a local community college. I got a little taste of the daily grind, waking up, struggling with kids, herding them out the door to the babysitter. Unlike my usual approach of rushing to fit in work in…
First Ladies of Fashion
Michelle’s arms. Kate’s hat. Two of the most powerful women in the world–one the leader of the United States (we all know that the wife is really in charge), one the future Queen of England. And all we can talk about is their clothes? Help me to understand why we do this. Never in a…
The Best Days
Sitting amongst all the women in my husband’s family one holiday evening, we discussed life with little children. “It’s hard to see past that time in your life when you are living it” said Ben’s aunt. I nodded in agreement. Ben’s maternal grandmother sat on the couch, her little body comically perched atop the leather…
A Community of Mothers
I have a confession. There have been times when I have not enjoyed being a (mostly) stay-at-home mom. There have been times I dreaded it. The sheer monotony, the loneliness of no other adults, the feeling of my brain sharing too many similarities with the mashed bananas Ada ate for breakfast. After Ada was born,…