When I was eight years old, I published my first book, well, 20 pages of “published” material assembled using a confidence-boosting book-making kit called IlluStory. An aspiring author, indeed, I continued my pursuit for the big leagues, trying my hand at fiction a few years later with some lengthy, The-Baby-Sitters-Club-meets-Goosebumps narrative detailing a day in […]
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Between An Easel and A Hard Place
A few days ago, my five-year-old son discovered a piece of his artwork crumpled up at the bottom of my bathroom trashcan. “Mom!” he cried, retrieving and smoothing out said artwork. “I made this for you.” My heart filled with remorse as I looked down at the bright green Post-it in his hand (which, suffice […]
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Teens ‘R’ Us
I recently had the opportunity for some Q&A time with Holly M—a local mama of two (now 15 and 16) who definitely seems to love and appreciate the role. And while she had originally wanted three kids, Holly realized one day in a parking lot that three would mean letting go of somebody’s hand, and […]
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Let’s face it: Your child isn’t growing up too fast
I hear parents talk all the time about wanting to keep their babies “babies forever.” I mean, I’m all for treasuring each moment, and the whole embryo-to-crawling phase was great and all, but you won’t hear me longing for the infant days. Honestly, who really misses those first few years of running on empty, changing […]