My great grandmother was a strong, tough and opinionated woman with a thick Swedish accent. And I was completely intimidated by her. She was a good lady. She was more of a mother to my mom than her actual mother was. But she had a very hard shell, and I never felt like I was able to crack […]
Parenting
What I Wish I Knew in High School (and what I hope my daughters know when they get there)
I was not cool in high school. At all. I wasn’t unpopular by any means. I knew just about everyone in school (it was a small high school) and I’d say I was well-liked enough. I had an awesome group of close friends, most of whom were on the swim team. But even in my […]
The Truth About Being a Stay-At-Home Mom
Back in August of 2013 I wrote a post entitled The Stay-At-Home Mom Challenge. At the time Numbers 1 through 4 were in school full time, Number 5 was four years old, Number 6 was three years old, and Number 7 was not quite two. So I was home with Numbers 5, 6, and 7 […]
Just call me Dr. Johnson
This morning I got a call from the nurse at Number 4’s school. “Number 4 is here in the office. She ablated her pointer finger right on the top knuckle. It’s kind of deep, and I think you should come take a look at it. You’ll also need to bring her a change of clothes […]
Do You Feel Like You Are Trying To Empty The Ocean With A Spoon?
I don’t know if you’ve heard that Coldplay song Up and Up, but one of the lines in it says: lying in the gutter, aiming for the moon trying to empty out the ocean with a spoon I have probably listened to this song a thousand times. It helped me get through this summer. I […]
Embrace the changes.
Every Labor Day Weekend since I was kid, I have gone to the Goshen Fair in Goshen, CT. It’s an agricultural fair where they judge chickens and rabbits and cows and horses and pigs and pumpkins and other vegetables and they have rides and games and horse pulls and tractor pulls and tons of food and […]
