Parenting

  • Birthday Season

    Every Mom has one. A time of the year when literally everyone’s birthday happens all at once. Three kids born in February and a parent in March. Two kids born in June, a brother and also a Grandparent in June. When you reach the end of the month you say to friends, “I never want

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  • The PLL

    “I have no clean underwear” said my husband as I was unpacking from my business trip. I was half paying attention. “What?” I asked. “I have no clean underwear.” He said again. I’m still not getting it. Then it hit me, oh my god, HE WAS WAITING FOR ME TO WASH HIS UNDIES. But I

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  • The Second Mammogram

    Kind of like you’re at the spa. But not really. White waffle robes. Payment of $250 or more. Stretchy plastic coil key ring with a key to a blonde wooden locker where you place your clothes. These are about the only things that are the same in this situation except maybe for the nakedness on

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  • I always thought this would be a great book title. This is a phrase I think to myself every time I get on the scale and especially as the years go by, I think to myself wow, I’ve never weighed this much! I’m fatter than I’ve ever been! It seems depressing but sometimes you just

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  • Tales from Midnight

    It happened again. I tucked everyone in, pushed the laundry, did the dishes, washed my face and sat down to play Wordle and check Tik Tok. Bam, suddenly it’s midnight. But I didn’t reframe that shadow box with the concert tickets and photos from last summer, I still wanted to wrap my brothers birthday gift

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