Yesterday morning I had a conversation with a mom who I have met briefly before but who I don’t really know at all. I had never really said more than just hello to her. She is an elementary school teacher who has six kids, and when we realized how much we had in common and we […]
Parenting
What’s it like raising seven children? It’s like this.
Yesterday I was given some interview questions to answer, and one of them was What is it like raising seven children? What is it like raising 7 children? Well, it’s not much different than raising one or two. There are just more of them. But I can give you a snapshot of the last week. […]
I’m Ready For The Next Chapter
The other day at the town beach I watched a woman with three kids, one of them a two-year-old, attempting to unload all the kid crap from her car. She had her hands full. Literally. She had a stroller and more than one beach bag and an umbrella and sand toys and a whole assload of other kid […]
I live in the Land Of The Free, and that’s the way I’m going to parent.
This morning I went for a run. And being the 4th of July, Independence Day, I was thinking about this holiday. I was thinking about how one of the greatest things about this country is that we have freedom. And then as I was running I started thinking about how, in this country where we have […]
Does it really matter?
Today I found myself texting a friend and telling her I was livid. And I found myself getting really worked up over this thing that, in the big picture, was not a big deal at all. It was an inconvenience, and it was annoying, but ultimately, it’s irrelevant. A year from now, it won’t make a […]
Marriage Is F*cking Hard.
Marriage is the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life. It is so fucking hard. And two days ago, I was ready to be done. Because I’m tired. I’m tired of rehashing the same shit over and over. I’m tired of feeling like I’m failing. I’m tired of working on one thing […]
