Always evolving, Never Average
When I was a kid (and actually all the way up until I had kids of my own) my grandma sent me a card for Valentine’s Day. Her cards always had some sort of treat taped inside, like a quarter or one stick of Wrigley’s gum in the foil wrapper, as well as a little …Read More
We’ve all had one. That really regrettable parenting moment. If we are going to be honest, we’ve all had many of them. And we will all have many more. But for some reason, we feel like we must be the only one on the planet to have had a parenting fail. I recently received a …Read More
Last week was crazy. So crazy that on Friday I totally forgot to take everyone to Number 5 and 6’s art show at preschool. Oops. A few kids ago I would have beat myself up over it. A few weeks ago I probably would have too. But now I know better. Because you will fuck up. …Read More
Yesterday an old college friend of mine left a comment in response to yesterday’s post, explaining how she had lost track of her son at a soccer game. Now she’s consumed with tremendous guilt. I just feel like the worst parent ever, she said. All I can say is, you’re not. And you know why? …Read More
We are down to our last three days of school. Which means we are in the end-of-the-year-party zone. I hate end-of-the-year parties. And all the activities that go along with them. The relay races. The water balloon tosses. The ice cream sundaes. The crafts. I hate making awkward conversation with moms that I don’t know …Read More
In March 2013 in New York a woman killed herself by jumping out of her 8th story apartment window. She had her 10-month-old son strapped to her chest. The baby, miraculously, survived. In fact, he was almost unscathed. Postpartum depression appears to have been the reason. This mom was also completely overcome with guilt because …Read More
So I’m over feeling guilty about taking time for myself. And going out with my friends. And getting massages. And accepting help. In the past 6 days, I have done all 4 of those things. I even did one of them twice. You know what? The world didn’t end. My kids didn’t self destruct. And neither …Read More
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 …Read More
