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I am so excited for Caroline this month: she was published in the Washington Post! #goals! But I'm even more proud of what she said, because the myth that women can just effortlessly do it all is flawed and needs to be addressed. More like this: The Mom-dalorian: What the Mandalorian taught me about being [...]
Over a decade ago, I edited the manuscript of a new book from John Rosemond, a prominent psychologist who writes primarily about family and parenting. I had an 18 month old child at the time, and in the book he made a statement that struck me at that stage in my life: He suggested that [...]
Hey, there. How are you? I mean really, how are you? Our lives have collectively hit an abrupt change, and some of those feeling it the hardest are our kids with special needs. Our kids for whom routine is paramount to having a successful day. From what I'm seeing on my special needs Facebook group feeds, we [...]
One of my clearest childhood memories is a summer day when my best friend came over while both our moms were at work. We were sitting on the burnt orange shag carpet in our house, when the episode of ChiPs we were watching was interrupted by the sound of sirens wailing. We grabbed our sandwiches and [...]
This post is based on a talk we gave to the Moms & More preschool moms group at Christ Presbyterian Church. Week 1 of the quarantine: we're rearranging our homes to start the new and exciting, if unexpected, process of homeschooling our kids. We're sitting by the fire and reading books. We created a sourdough [...]
Hey, mamas. How are you holding up with the quarantine? I hope you're feeling fed emotionally and spiritually right now. Not normally a morning person, I've started a new habit of waking up early (for me, haha, my husband would roll his eyes) and going out to our back porch to do my daily readings [...]
To every teacher out there right now who's trying to just figure this whole mess out, we see you! We hear you! From classroom teachers trying to navigate Zoom lessons to unexpected homeschool moms trying to fill your days, we know it's crazy hard right now, and we want to make it easier for you. [...]
We're heading into Mother's Day season (although, it's going to be very different this year) and that has us thinking about how much we've sentimentalized motherhood. And it's not all that helpful. Caroline took a deep dive into the topic, which left me in tears after reading it. You can see her post, The Un-Sentimentality [...]
This new way of living is hard. My body aches by the end of the day, and I wake up in the morning exhausted. We were already a homeschool family, so that hasn't changed for us. But my five-year-old with autism has lost all her therapeutic services that we rely on. Actually, that's not technically [...]
Okay, mama. Grab your glass of wine or cup of hot tea or, who knows, oat milk, and take a second to have a deep breath. Let's chat. School is going to be closed. For a long time. But we'll get through this. I know you're going crazy. I am too. Every single thing my [...]
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