Number 7 turned eight years old on Saturday. She asked for: cake ice cream seaweed (the kind you eat) Nutri grain bars a Lego set a watch a scooter with nothing girly on it and a dog She got a cake (decorated by Number 4) and ice cream, seaweed and Nutri grain bars (she tried […]
Lessons I've Learned
27 Months
Yesterday was 27 months with no alcohol. That is a statement I didn’t ever really envision myself typing. Or saying. I was not a daily drinker and often I wasn’t really even a weekly drinker. Not since becoming a parent, anyway. But when I drank, I DRANK. All or nothing, baby. Even as a mom […]
Worrying Is Fruitless
How many hours — or days — of your life have you spent worrying about something that hasn’t happened yet? About something that may never happen? About something that could, possibly, at some point down the road, happen to you or one of your kids? How many horrible scenarios have you conjured up in your […]
A Self-Imposed Strike
I just woke up from a three hour nap. I haven’t taken a three hour nap on a Saturday in a very long time. A VERY LONG TIME. Part of that is due to our schedule. We have swim practice on Saturday mornings and baseball games and a lacrosse clinic on Saturday afternoons. Soon we […]
More Signs Via The Mel Robbins Show
Yesterday I went into New York City to tape a segment for The Mel Robbins Show. If you’ve never heard of her, Mel Robbins is a teacher/coach/motivational speaker/author and she has a new talk show airing on weekdays. She’s a no bullshit kind of chick, and she’s famous for her book The Five Second Rule. […]
The Universe Is Trying To Tell Me Something
I live about an hour or so from New York City. I’ve been there many, many times, but I don’t know my way around and navigating the city solo is pretty intimidating to me. When I was younger and prekids I’d go into the city a few times a year. Now I might go once […]