There are many self-imposed rules that we have broken as parents over the past six years parenting three (soon to be four) children. I offer them up to other moms looking for some reassurance that there is no one right way to parent, that no two kids are the same, and that sometimes you just […]
At age six, I brought my daughter in to her pediatrician for her yearly physical. This was not the first year that the doctors questioned me about her hysterics when they would get within two feet from her. I kept telling myself, that this is normal child behavior, most kids are scared of the doctor. […]
I grew up in an apartment, which meant that we didn’t have a garage or an attic to hide junk in. Instead, if something couldn’t be shoved into the deep depths of a closet, it would remain in plan sight for all to see. I am, for the most part, pretty neat. Clutter and mess […]
April is National Poetry Month. As an English teacher, I’m obviously all about celebrating this form of art. However, as a mom, I don’t often have time to create my own verses. While we are in constant motion, our life is poetry, and all we need are a few minutes to get the words down. […]
If you and your kids come to my house for a play date there will not be an elaborate plan of what the kids will be doing. There will be no slime making or scavenger hunts. If you look at my social media accounts you will not find Pinterest worthy meals prepared by me and […]
Back in January of this year, I wrote a blog post about the negative mindsets that I was giving up in 2018. It was a super upbeat cheerleader post about ways in which I was encouraging myself to live more positively. I’m not going to lie, I’ve had to go back and reference said post […]
Being a first-time mom, let alone a first-time mother of twins, has manifested insecurities and vulnerabilities I didn’t know that I had. It has taken my confidence and my strength and whittled them down to nothing, but also surprised me with feelings of empowerment that I never knew existed. We continually use the word “but” […]
I’m sitting at the doctor’s office updating my daughter’s medical forms. The general information seems easy enough until I get to the parental information section. “Mother’s Name, DOB, occupation…” As a mother, how do you define yourself? When you meet someone new, do you have more to say than “I work as a mom”? I’ve […]
Like so many others in this world, most of my days are spent in front of an electronic device of one kind or another. I teach middle school and use technology in all of my lessons. In my classroom I have a SmartBoard, a laptop, an iPad and an apple TV. The students are all […]
Change is often good. But I am not good at change. Five and a half years ago, my husband and I bought our first house. What we needed at that time was clear: a convenient location for work and room to grow for the kids we didn’t yet have. Three days before our closing date, […]
