Dear Angela, I thought it was time I address you personally. But first, let me catch up any people who are here for the first time… My husband and I are in a financial crisis. We are facing foreclosure on our home. It has been a very difficult few years where, just as it may
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This is the beach. With kids.
8 a.m. “Mommy! Let’s go! I wanna go! Can we go?” “I just need to clean up a little and pack up our stuff, and then we can go.” 8 – 9:30 a.m. Tell kids to eat all their breakfast because we will not be eating something within the first 60 minutes of arrival at
Dear Not Your Average Mom: Have I fucked up my daughter for life?
Last night I received this message from a reader (shared with persmission): Tonight my husband & I had a fight. Non physical & no name calling, just loud & aggressive. This is so out of character for us but we both lost our shit. It was after my 3 year old was put to bed
Lessons from NC
This morning as we were walking to the beach, Number 3 said to me, “Mom, did we just get here yesterday?” We’ve only been here for 24 hours, and the kids already feel right at home. And Number 7 is totally confused. She thinks we have moved here. I’m glad the kids are happy. And
Progression of a Road Trip
9:24 a.m. Hit the road. 9:25 a.m. Number 4: I AM SO EXCITED! 9:30 a.m. Number 5: How much longer until we are there? 10:35 a.m. Number 4: A Georgia license plate! Did you know that Georgia produces 40% of the chicken in the United States? 10:36 a.m. Look at my husband: Um, what? 11:00
In my mind I’m going to Carolina. No, this time, I’m actually going.
For the first time in four years, we are going on a vacation. Tomorrow. I can’t wait. I know. How can we afford to go on a vacation? We can’t. But a little over a month ago, my parents told me they wanted to take us to North Carolina with them. And we are going.