Number 4’s birthday is the day before mine. Hers is on September 17th and mine is the 18th. We started a birthday tradition kind of by accident on Number 4’s 7th birthday. And ever since then, we’ve had a birthday “experience” together. She skips school for the day and we do something fun. This year […]
Lessons I've Learned
It’s Time To Dance
I turned 50 today. I cannot believe I am 50. Seriously. How the hell am I 50? OLD PEOPLE ARE 50. Not me. I don’t feel 50. Not on the inside, and not really on the outside, either. But you know what? Even though I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around the […]
Can’t Vs. Won’t
I never really shared too much about Marie Forleo’s book experience. There is something she said that I wanted to share with you. She talked about the difference between using the word can’t and won’t. We use the word can’t all the time. I can’t get up that early to workout. I can’t run. I […]
Quality, Not Quantity.
This past Saturday I found myself in an extremely rare situation. Number 5 and Number 7 were both at sleepover birthday parties. So there were only three kids home. Number 3 (14 years old) and Number 4 (13 years old tomorrow — can you believe it???) are pretty happy to spend time alone in their […]
Three Things I Learned This Morning
Last week I wrote this post proposing that women shift their thinking around Mom’s Nights Out. Meeting regularly with women to talk and vent and just hang out without kids around is one form of self-care. I challenged women to plan a weekly meeting with other women that involved another form of self-care. Exercise. Today […]
A Very Important Lesson For My Daughter
Number 5 has always been a good sleeper. She learned to sleep on her own when she was a baby — we never had to make her cry it out. One day around five months old, she slept through the night. And that was it. There was a phase when she was two or three […]