I have a friend from high school who writes a really popular blog. Really popular. Her name is Jess, and her blog is called a diary of a mom. Jess has a daughter who is autistic, and many of her readers, probably the majority of them, have autistic children as well. It is a very supportive […]
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Say cheese.
When I was a kid, we had this dresser in the hallway at the top of the stairs. The top drawer was full of pictures. Just loose snapshots. Every once in a while, I would pull out the drawer, sit on the floor, and look at them. I loved looking at those pictures, especially the […]
Saturday with Dad. Mike’s musings.
Today is the first guest post in what I am hoping will become a weekly series. Saturday with Dad. Our first contributor is Mike, a forty something father to one son and one daughter (a friend of Number 4’s) who lives in Connecticut and is a police officer. A big thank you to Mike for […]
That’s ridickulous.
Yesterday Number 3 got home from school, walked in the door, and asked, “Mom… what does DICK mean?” Now, explaining what it means doesn’t really bother me. It’s more that he has acquired this new vocabulary word. It’s now a part of his arsenal. And when he shared it with me, he also shared it […]
Test #2 Kim
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This is your brain. This is your brain on a massage.
I used to be awesome at doing nothing. Before I got married and had kids, I would devote at least one weekend day to totally vegging out. Sweats, the couch, and an MTV Real World marathon. I miss those days. I don’t recall having trouble relaxing because I couldn’t turn my mind off. And now […]