Monthly Archives: November 2009

Things I’d Never Even Heard Of

By Beck So yesterday we took the kids to get their flu shots. There wasn’t a lot of debate about it – two of our three kids are in a high-risk group for flu complications AND they get everything. After school, I calmly packed the three of them into my mom’s car and we headed…

Pregnancy Journal: The Heartbeat

By Kelly I still remember the first time I heard my baby’s heartbeat. It was January 5, 2001. I was sick and miserable. I had never been sure I even wanted children. Now, deep in the throes of first trimester yuck, I was even less sure. My husband accompanied me to my first OB appointment….

Dancing through the Madness

By Cassie I have a year left of school and have spent the past year networking and searching for opportunities. I have came across many. Some too good to be true. Some too perfect to imagine. Some that I had to let go. I am stuck in a place of confusion right now. I am…

The Grinch Meets the Great Pumpkin. And It’s Love at First Sight!

By Megan A few nights ago the girls from my neighborhood all went out for dinner together, and inevitably our conversation turned to Saturday’s Trick-or-Treating and related festivities. We all really love seeing our kids and one another’s kids in costume, we love bundling up and trudging along with them, the herd of Star Wars…

The Call of the Mild

By Gretchen I had just told my seventh grader something slightly outrageous (to her) and disagreeable (to her). She replied, “Dude?!’ and then immediately slapped her hand over her mouth and blushed, continuing, ‘I can’t believe I called you dude!” I said it was okay. “Well, I only say dude when I am being very…