I'm watching my sons become readers and it is glorious. As a reader myself, I am thrilled to see that books and words exert a magnetic pull on them as well. It's pretty fucking magical. But not unexpected.
See, we've been reading to our kids since ... well, since day one. Literally. We had a book shower instead of ...
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I got my car back! YAY! There were no masked robbers. There was no homeless family of five. There was no ill will whatsoever.
There were however a series of mishaps at the police station. That sort of prevented me from getting my car back. For a week.
See, it had been towed by a private ...
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You chose the perfect time of year to mess with my shit. So thank you for that. And unless you are a homeless family of five who was just looking for a nice place to celebrate their Christmas, I'm going to assume you suck. I have a tendency to pre-judge. Sorry.
First of all, I'd like to note how ...
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Ok, adrenaline junkies! How bout it? Isn't being a mom like the biggest rush ever? Akin to cave diving and repelling from the peak of K2, right?
No?
Oh.
You thought this post was going to be about something else?
Ummm...
Oh, right. You must've been thinking of that other Mom Rush. The one that leaves you sweaty, smelly, and ...
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I use this here space to talk through the nutty and oftentimes frustrating way I'm going about balancing the work/life gig. (This balancing act is the most insane challenge I've ever hit myself with, btw.)
I fuck up a lot.
As in, "oh, shit! I forgot there's no after-school today and I'm an hour and a half ...
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