I've always thought of my bed as my sanctuary. It's the place to which I retreat when I am sick, exhausted, sad, or furious. When the children invade my bed in the middle of the night, I grow territorial. This is my bed. I don't care who your mother is. But in the wee … [Read more...]
A Hot Bowl of Chaos
Ragú's Mom's the Word on Dinner campaign took a bunch of our videos and made a mash-up which is totally cute. They want to know what one word describes dinner time in your house? I threw that question out on Twitter last week and there were no middle-of-the-road answers. … [Read more...]
Letter to the Tooth Fairy
One night I went to sleep and the next day my fat little baby was six years old. All lanky arms and legs that poke and wrap and are starting to smell. His hair grows so quickly you'd think we sprinkle him with Miracle Gro every night. (It doesn't help that I rarely take him … [Read more...]
How I Did It
How does she do it? This morning I got an email from a friend who is also a writer I work with on one of my freelance gigs. Beset by personal issues that took her away from her assignment, she was flustered. She asked me how I "do it." And since my kids are older, and … [Read more...]
Physical Vacation
Lately my body has been telling me to just STOP. So I have been concentrating on deadlines and paid work and I've sort of let last weekend's post ride it out a little bit. Thank you for your amazing comments. I had no idea. *sniff* While I'm on vacation, please enjoy … [Read more...]