By Beck My oldest child loves to read, which is pretty pleasing to me. I’ve always been bookish and one of the things that I wanted for my kids was for them to love reading, too. It’s funny, these things we base our identities on, these things that we want our children to carry. And…
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Seeds
By Kelly I was quickly changing the baby from pajamas to clothes this morning – which could describe any morning during the school year, really – when my five-year-old walked into the room, shot me a big grin and said, “I brushed my teeth before I put my clothes on today, Mommy.” The following thoughts…
What Is No Longer
By Megan Originally published at FriedOkra January 23, 2009. Things have changed so much since I wrote this post. So much for the better, for all of us, and the wisdom my readers shared with me in the comments on the original post has come to roost in our lives. The second part of this…
A Dose of Humor – Was That Gucci?
5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity in My Subjective Life. Christy is a…
Changes
By Beck All of my life, I’d been aware of women who I thought were good mothers, and kept mental notes of how they did things – I liked the way one mother celebrated all of the small holidays, liked the way another always did baking and crafts with her kids, liked the way my…
A SAHM Moment
By Kelly I pulled into the garage this afternoon a little after 1:00, with the following list of urgent concerns. 1. Corey needed me to e-mail him some directions immediately; he was going to be leaving the office in 5 minutes. 2. I had two Trader Joe’s bags in the back of the mini-van. 3….
The Goodbye Girl
By Veronica My in-laws came to visit us for our baby’s first birthday. (Yes, I know that means she is not a baby anymore. Shut up.) We had a lovely three days together, full of excitement for all my children. My mother-in-law is a firm believer in the old adage that guests and fish stink…
This is Home
By Megan As I sit at my desk in the stillness of this Sunday night after a busy, active weekend for our family, I imagine the front of our home as a sleepy, peaceful face, her blinds half-closed like drooping eyelids, her walkway tossed lazily across the front lawn, an arm across a chest slowly rising…
My Four-Year Old
By Melodee My daughter thought 6:12 a.m. was a fine time to wake up. I thought not, so I rocked her for two minutes and put her back to bed. I think she woke up because she was cold. She was cold because she refused a blanket last night because she is four years old…
A Dose of Humor – Blowoutfits
5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity in My Subjective Life. This week is…