So here is what happened last week… On Saturday we took Numbers 3 through 7 to go swimming at the Y. For the first time. Ever. There is a therapy pool there that is heated to about 90 degrees. It’s especially perfect for Numbers 5, 6, and 7. Now it’s a definitely a production getting […]
Lessons I've Learned
This too shall pass. In about 18 years.
So yesterday I wrote about how I had a parenting moment that I wasn’t exactly proud of. I mean, it wasn’t like a Mommy Dearest moment. But I wish I had gone about it differently. I did apologize to the boys about it. I did admit that I wished I had handled it differently. I acknowledged […]
I’m not normal. And that’s what makes me normal.
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t compare myself to every other girl in the room. As far back as I remember. She’s prettier than me. Skinnier than me. Smarter than me. More popular than me. Has nicer clothes than me. She’s just plain old better than me. That shit is tiring! So […]
I think it’s time I shared this with you.
Editor’s Note: This post was written in December 2012, a few days after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, just a few miles from my house in Connecticut. I’m tired. I think we all are. I cannot spend too much time thinking about the families who were directly affected by the events on Friday. […]
Sorry folks. This parent gig never ends. Not even when they’re 43.
I have done a few things to make my parents proud. In high school, I won a couple of athletic scholarships. I was the first person in my family to go to college. And get a masters degree. And, best of all, I have given them 7 really cute grandkids. But I have also put […]
Cleanliness is next to, well, EVERYTHING, if you’re a co host on “The Talk”
Between the hours of 1:00 and 4:00 Numbers 5, 6, and 7 take a nap. Sometimes they go to sleep a little later, and sometimes they wake up a little earlier, but I can usually count on a good 1 1/2 hour overlap where all 3 of them are sleeping. So during that time I […]
