At a certain point in your child’s life, you’ll decide it’s time to potty train. No more diapers, you’ll chant. You’ll look forward to bragging to your friends and family that your kid has mastered this skill that even adults have problems with. But afterward, when your child struts across your living room floor in [...]
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As part of the Won’t You Be My Neighbor? series, I’ve invited Melissa Sher from Mammalingo to guest post today. Melissa’s a big deal, people. She’s written for Babble and been featured on the Motherlode blog for the New York Times for creating new words to define the experience of motherhood. I am so happy [...]
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There are weeks in a mother’s life that are both exhausting and exhilarating, which is why I haven’t posted here for a while. Phew! (Sorry.) The exhausting part: 1. My third and final class started this week, which meant lots of preparation and hand-holding (my own) and wringing of hands (my own). 2. I’m behind [...]
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Today I welcome Shari–Dusty Earth Mother–for the Never True Tales Won’t You Be My Neighbor series. I found Dusty last year (way back when she was still on blogspot and I was on WordPress.com) and quickly started laughing out loud at her adventures in childrearing. Then we met face to face at the BlogHer Conference [...]
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I have this neighbor who is really good at all things domestic. She’s not bitchy or judgmental. (Witch.) Her house practically sparkles. (Hmph!) She is animated and creative with children, and she always seems to be freshly showered and dressed. Even the backseat of her car is clean. I suspect when her son says, “Mommy, [...]
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For John Keats. (The poor man no bloody clue what I’d do to his poetry.) “A thing of beauty is a joy forever…” “Its loveliness increases…” “It will never pass into nothingness…” “But still will keep a quiet bower for us…” “And a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing…” “Yes, in [...]
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1. For people to take their Christmas decorations down. I keep seeing glittering hearts tucked inside Christmas wreaths, or withering red bows hanging off of iron banisters. It’s over, people. Santa is not coming back. 2. Chocolate from Philadelphia’s own John and Kira’s. (Nudge, nudge, Husband.) 3. For my daughter’s molars to break through so [...]
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Congratulations! You’ve made it through January. But now, we’re in February, the month when every Tuesday should already be Wednesday. SuperWoman has a solution! (Though, she will admit, it’s only temporary.) Cupcakes. Red ones. (Yes, we’ve been through this before, but the benefits of red velvet cupcakes cannot be overstated.) SuperWoman really suspects that Valentine’s [...]
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I am so pleased today to present a guest post by a friend of mine and yoga instructor, Michelle Fabrey. I asked her to write about the connection that yoga has to our body image, because I’ve noticed that doing yoga makes me feel so much better about my body. Based on this post, I [...]
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15 months ago, I was in a dim hospital room on a rainy day, pacing, breathing heavily, and eventually, finally, pushing. My daughter will be 15 months old tomorrow, and while the actual day of her birth gets further away, I remember my labor so clearly. It was the first time I welcomed my body, [...]
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