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I was looking through Austen's school papers this week and found an exercise he had done describing what things would be like if he ruled the world. He had filled in blanks to complete several sentences, one of which read: "If I ruled [...]
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I started my day off on Tuesday by reading Lisa Belkin's reflections on what she's learned in the eighteen years of parenting since her son's birth. I thought, "Wow, that was lovely and touching and resonated with me in so many ways, I can't wait to [...]
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As featured in the New York Times blog Motherlode
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A mother and her son are in line at a grocery store. They boy looks like he’s about nine or ten. The mother looks a little tense as the boy starts to fidget in line. At this [...]
After several days of being up too late, I decided to take advantage of my husband's weekend presence at home and send him out with the kids while I took a nap.
I fell into a light sleep, listening to the kids alternately giggling and bickering as they got ready to leave, then slipped into a [...]
This has been cross-posted at Two Women Blogging.
Now, I may not be one for much crying, but I did cry (I'll admit it, I did) the first time (ok, ok! few times) I watched Finding Nemo. Even before I lost track of my son a few times, I related so much to the [...]
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In the mothering world, compliments are hard to come by. Oh, sure. You'll hear, "Your kids are so cute!" But that's not really about you, or even (usually) your kids. It's one of those generic statements, like "have a nice day" or [...]
Mama's alarm ringsat 6:15 each morning(if kids aren't up yet).
Mama smacks the clock.Nine minutes later, it rings.She tries to get up.
Mama's out of bedby 6:30 each morning,asleep on her feet.
Mama checks e-mail.The light of the monitorhelps open her eyes.
She checks the backpacks,lays out the clothes, pours the milk,gets breakfast ready.
At 6:45Mama makes sure her son's [...]
My son got off the bus yesterday, walked into the house and covered his mouth with his hands. I thought maybe a wiggly tooth had come out, but when pressed to tell Mama what was wrong, the response was the dreaded, "I think I'm going to throw up." Twelve hours, several loads of [...]
