Where is she getting that from?
The kids have been at Grandma and Grandpa’s for a few days and Mike and I have been enjoying some time alone, so I’m putting up a post from my archives (which turns out…
On being a mom and a gardener
For Mother’s Day this year, my son gave me a hand-painted ceramic pot with a fabric flower inside it. There was a poem, too: It was the perfect gift…
The mom and her daughter in the dressing room
I walked into the dressing room of a store the other day to try some clothes on. Another mom walked in beside me pushing a stroller with a newborn in it. She was balancing…
And I held on tight
I stood there in my daughter’s fifth-grade classroom at open house night, looking at all the things she’s made throughout the year… the life-sized human body, the history timelines, the…
How do I raise grateful kids?
It’s a question many parents think about. I know I do. As a mom, one of the things that’s most important to me is raising kids who are thankful for what…
How do you know when you’re done having kids?
When my friend Stephanie at Metropolitan Mama sent me the question, “What were the contributing factors that led to your decision to have two kids?” I had to think about…
Tug of war…
Happy Mom-Monday, everyone! Please welcome Kathleen Basi, who is guest-posting here today. Kathleen is a stay-at-home mom, freelance writer, flute and voice teacher, composer, choir director, natural family planning teacher, scrapbooker, sometimes-chef, and budding…
Perfect Parenting – A Bad Bargain for Everyone
Happy Mom-Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. I’ve said it before: we don’t have to be perfect parents to be good parents. But I admit, having perfectionist tendencies, I sometimes forget that….