Celebrating Me. Celebrating You.
Before I even got pregnant, my husband and I decided I would go back to work after maternity leave and he would stay home with the kid(s). This was a perfect solution for us, because I was pretty sure I didn’t want to stay at home and he was pretty sure he did. We were [...]
Winter in Michigan is dazzling sunshine on crunchy snow and dreary days where exhaust from cars dulls the whiteness into gray. We spent much of last winter barricaded against the snow, my toddler unsteady on uneven terrain and irritated at the many times he ended up planted in his snow pants instead of rushing after his sister. [...]
It’s been one of those weeks. Actually, it’s been three of them, and things at our house are off balance. I’m struggling to get it back. I was, and continue to be, thrilled with the ease and love with which my firstborn accepted his new brother. Other than one photo op with his favorite toy, [...]
We had a massive toddler meltdown the other night. It was our last visit with our best family friends – three families we’ve known since Connor was born 3 ½ years ago – before moving out of town. They’re his best friends too – three kids with birthdays within six weeks of each other who [...]
I caught him standing at the front door, looking out at the front yard with his little palms pressed against the cool glass. His breath like little puffs of cotton candy condensation. He didn’t know I was there and I didn’t tell him. Observing him is such a rare treasure. I heard his voice, soft [...]
Before I became a mother, I watched the way my niece was parented, and I told myself that I would learn from my brother and his wife’s ‘mistakes,’ not repeat them, and emulate what they did right. My child would be sleeping in his/her own bed when we decided it was time. My child would [...]
Listening to myself lately, I’ve realized I’m totally that mom. You know, the yelling, impatient, don’t-do-that mom. Our house is currently for sale, and it’s taken my husband and I a month to get it ready. We’ve patched, sanded, and painted. We’ve fixed. We’ve cleaned (and cleaned some more). We’ve packed up a lot of [...]
He calls for me in the morning and clings to my neck with one arm, clutching his blankets in the other. A wide smile and smells of sleep slide around my heart, and we pause for a moment, saying “I Love You” without a word. Almost immediately, he looks around expectantly, asking for “Addie?” Smiling [...]
She could talk circles around me before she mastered the skill of pedaling and steering her tricycle at the same time. At one moment, she would pedal vigorously forward, forgetting to steer and careening into the bushes. Dragging her little trike out of the dirt, trying again, she would steer expertly, legs lagging behind, slowing [...]
I have a friend who has two boys, ages 3 1/2 and nearly 2. Her first son has been attending preschool since he was 2 1/2 and her youngest has been going to a twice-weekly two-hour ‘class’ in the same school since he was 18 months. My son is 21 months and has never been [...]
Imagine feeling taller. Imagine feeling stronger from the inside out. Imagine knowing and BELIEVING that you are strong. Just.Be.Enough.
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