I want to do something powerful. I want to make a difference. Everywhere I look, I find limitations and not all of my own making.
My “Work” and “Work-Life” Struggles as a Stay-at-Home-Mom
The other day when I dropped my son off to daycare, the husband of the lady who runs the daycare asked me, “So, did you get a job yet?” I may have mentioned to him a couple weeks ago that I did not have a job when he kept trying to indirectly tell me I …
Here’s Why You WILL See “Mom” Listed On My Bio
Would adding “mom” to your resume or bio hurt your chances on the job market? Are you willing to “risk” it?
Toddlerhood to Boyhood…The Inevitable Transition
Am I ready for my child’s transition into boyhood when he was just a little toddler not that long ago?
What Worried Me/ Worries Me About Raising a Daughter
I wished my daughter into being. I know this. I wanted a girl really, really badly to make my family complete. Not that having another boy would have made my family any less complete, but there is something about having a boy and a girl combo that makes the family dynamic just a little differently special …
Happy & Healthy Kids: A Blessing
I consider myself extremely fortunate and even lucky to be the mother of two healthy and happy little kids. I am their keeper. For now and forever. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Lessons Learned at a Pumpkin Patch
It’s funny how sometimes life’s unprovoked events can teach you lessons that have the potential to make a world of difference in understanding your child. A few days ago, I took the kids to Ardenwood Historic Farms in Fremont, CA. Since I had never been to this farm’s Pumpkin Patch, I only had a slight …
No More Yelling – Another Honest Attempt
It’s quiet. Rather peaceful, actually. It is about 11:15 a.m. and I am at my laptop writing this while my baby is asleep upstairs. TJ is at school. I feel accomplished and it is not even noon yet. I woke up at 5:30 today with Baby E acting as my alarm clock. She is slowly learning …
Just a rant – What I Don’t Understand About (some) Moms who Write
Bring on the sanctimommy gripes, the trolls, and the bullying. I just don’t care. This is my rant post today. As a mother who blogs… I dislike the momblogger moniker. Why momblogger? Why not just blogger? Anyway, I digress… I am really sick of what I have observed as some common content issues in the …
My 8 New Strategies for Disciplining
You know the worst thing about disciplining? It’s not the yelling. It’s not the tears. It’s not even the behavior that elicited disciplining in the first place. Although all of those things are really awful, it is the guilt infused yelling-screaming hangover that hovers around a parent that, in my opinion, is the worst thing …
10 Ways My Kids Give Me Superpowers
I am just a random woman to the people I encounter in my daily life and with whom I don’t have much interaction. What those people don’t know is that I carry a secret. Since having kids, I have been blessed with some real world superpowers.
Becoming Unroomed: Becoming a Rolling Stone
As parents, we rarely expect things in return for all the things we do for our kids. This not-expecting clause, is simply a part of the parent job profile. However, as adults, we do learn to expect some things in life. We take luxuries such as having our own room, our own bed in which …
