I witnessed a moment of parenthood gold the other day after my morning run at the local park. I stopped into the restroom, and heard a dad go in the stall next to mine with what sounded like a toddler and a preschooler. He told the older one to “go ahead and throw up now”, […]
Having Kids Will Be Fun, They Said…. Read Post »
I had a conversation recently with a friend about how crazy the push for consumerism has become over the holidays. I mean, it’s been somewhat bad as long as I can recall. Remember those Sears and JC Penney’s Christmas catalogs we’d get as kids? It’s just that it’s gotten so…much…worse. I actually loved those catalogs,
Less for Christmas. Read Post »
I’ve debated on whether to write this post for a while, because I don’t want to come off as intolerant or petty. Every weekend I kind of forget a little about this major peet peeve of mine, but once school drop off ensues the following Monday, I feel the urge to write about this….so, here
Yeah, yeah, I know I’ve already waxed and waned poetic about how badly I wish summer would last at least a few weeks longer. I won’t go into another diatribe about the same thing….although now that my kids go back to school on Thursday it’s hard not to. My son starts high school this year.
6 Years: The Bittersweet Truth About Raising Kids. Read Post »
I’m sitting here looking at my calendar in complete denial that summer is halfway over. There has got to be some trickery going on with the space-time continuum. I swear that every single year goes by faster than the last, and summer is on an even warpier speed than the rest of the seasons. No
Summertime and the Kids Grow So Fast. Read Post »
