Just kidding. I didn’t start writing a book, but I have done a lot of thinking about writing lately. I’ve thought about how I love to laugh about the absurdity of life and then share those stories with others. I’ve thought about how people don’t love that I swear when I write about these experiences. I’ve thought…
Full blown
This is the face of a woman in the middle of a full blown panic attack. I haven’t had one in a really long time but tonight out of left field I lost the daily struggle to keep the crazy in check. My kid was sweet today, my husband was an awesome co-parent, work was…
Fostering Independence
As a parent I’ve worked incredibly hard to instill a sense of independence in my child. My mother did it for me and it’s one of the things I’m most committed to as a mother. I genuinely worry that I make life too easy for her because I live and die by the theory that…
Helpful Hot Mess Mom Hacks
I can’t physically or mentally follow a linear path whether that be in cleaning my house, trying to buy healthy foods without bankrupting our retirement at the grocery store, or doing math. It also means that my husband and child operate under that same chaotic methodology. Kevin hates it. While easily distracted (understatement of the…
It’s enough to make you crazy
I workout before meeting with my therapist because quite frankly my insurance company isn’t paying for me to cry so hard I can’t talk for an hour…which is what happened the one time I didn’t exercise before I stepped into her office. Exercise has always been my second favorite form of therapy (a close second…
And then the tears came…
I once had to drop my niece off at school. We were halfway down the block when she let me know she wasn’t wearing shoes. When we arrived at her school (with her shoes now on thank you very much), I was thrown into the savage world of school drop off lines and decided to…
The Night Before Preschool
As a mom, I think I’m supposed to be sad about my little girl being big enough to start preschool. I’ve read post after post after post lamenting the fact that children are headed back to school over the last few weeks. So now I’m questioning if I’m supposed to have mom guilt about the…
Reluctantly My One and Only
I had big plans for my daughter and her sister. Our family of four would section hike the Appalachian Trail every year, culminating at the summit of Mount Katadhin the summer before my oldest left for college; my girls would backpack through Europe together as they got older, and my daughter would have in her…