By Beck It will be March Break in slightly over a week, which fills me with ominous foreboding. We have an unfortunate health history regarding March Break, and while I think it’s largely coincidence, another part of me believes pretty firmly that we have some sort of March Break Curse. Let’s see the proof! 1)…
The Garden: A Half Parable
By Kelly It was a beautiful spring day. My husband was in our backyard, facing the lake, which was rippling blue-green in the sunlight. But he wasn’t watching the waves. He was ripping up the grass, beating back a hedge of overgrown bushes and pounding in stakes. He was creating a garden. For me. Up…
Blasphemy
By Veronica “There’s no such thing as…” my three-year-old blurted out in the middle of church yesterday. I don’t know what word she was going to say next – it could have been anything from unicorns to effective low-flow toilets – but I swooped her up and carried her out of the sanctuary anyway. I…
Dear Miss Poki Bear
While Megan is away, Vanessa from I Never Grew Up is sharing a post with us. I write to my children once a month, you could maybe call it journaling for them, but mostly I love writing to my kids about how much I love them. Some months it is about a fun vacation we…
A Dose of Humor – Octamom Plus Eight
5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to help 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. Now you can also join in by linking in your funniest moment of the week,…
I have returned
By Cassie I have a tendency to assume other mothers are judging me. I have not blogged in two weeks. I honestly felt as thought I had nothing to say. I felt as though I wasn’t worth enough to share my thoughts with other mothers. This happens from time to time. Aiden will turn three…
Little Babies Everywhere
By Beck I held a friend’s newborn baby yesterday and The Baby hovered nearby, half sweet-hearted (gently stroking the baby’s ears and fingers), half jealous (getting a little TOO enthusiastic in her ear-and-finger stroking) and I was amused by how automatic it all was to me – the calm hand guiding The Baby, the feel…
You’re Only as Old as The Young People Say You Are
By Kelly A few weeks ago, I spent some time on the campus of my college alma mater. It was fun to walk around the familiar corridors — this time, toting a baby instead of a backpack — and marvel at how far I had come in the years since I graduated. Of course, I…
What Do You Watch With Your Kids?
By Veronica We do not have a television. We did not have high-minded reasons for pitching the tv. We did it for one reason only: whenever I have a tv, I watch garbage. For hours. Afterwards, I can not even tell you what I saw. Now we entertain ourselves with the internet. Whether it’s blogging…
And also, I no longer subscribe to all the parenting magazines.
Special thanks to one of my bloggy heroines and my friend-in-real-life Lisa@Take90West. She’s a busy Mom to four and one of the most genuine, sweet people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. I know y’all are gonna love her as much as I do, and I bet most of us can relate fully to one…