Number 6 is eight years old. He is my little guy who still gives me hugs and kisses, and he is the kid who will probably still give them to me when he is eighteen, twenty-eight, and fifty-eight years old. He’s affectionate and intuitive and compassionate and empathetic. He will be make a great boyfriend […]
Parenting
The Ed Sheeran Concert
Number 4 and I have been doing a birthday “experience” for her birthday for about the last five years. This year I surprised her with tickets to an Ed Sheeran concert. She was pretty psyched. It was her first concert, and the first one I’d been to in a long time. He was playing at […]
A (12th and 49th) Birthday Adventure
On Number 4’s 7th birthday we started a birthday tradition. Instead of getting a bunch of stuff, Number 4 and I had a birthday experience. We had very little money at the time, and I contacted a local salon and they offered to give us complimentary manicures and pedicures and Number 4 got her hair […]
Nine Years Of Friendship
It was Number 4’s twelfth birthday on Monday. She only asked for one thing: money. When Number 4 was little, like from the time she was born until she was about three years old, I’m pretty sure she had no idea she was a girl. When she was about two years old, she asked me […]
Happy Birthday, Number 4.
I am always confused by the people who post birthday messages to their young kids on Facebook. You know, the posts like “Happy Birthday to the kindest, smartest, most beautiful, talented and amazing 12-year-old I know. We love you so much!” These confuse me because the kids who are on the receiving end of these […]
Our Girls Are Counting On Us
Okay Moms. We need to talk. And I say this as a reminder to myself more than I am saying it to anyone else. Let’s pause and be honest for a second. Consider this scenario. You and two of your friends are at the playground with your kids. None of you really have your sh*t […]
