Moms & Daughters

Lessons from the field

August 1, 2011

Chessa sits on the counter, looking in the mirror as I brush her hair.  It’s finally getting longer; the soft brown hair is curling at the nape of her neck.  I hold it in my left hand and wrap a ponytail with my right.  I pin back the front, the pieces that are too short [...]

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You can make fun of my taste in music, then hate me for having such a laid back kid

July 14, 2011

There’s a story my mom likes to tell.  About how it came to be her four-year-old daughter’s turn to request a song during circle time at daycare.  Instead of asking for Itsy Bitsy Spider or You Are My Sunshine, I confidently declared that we should sing What’s Love Got To Do With It.  When the ladies at daycare [...]

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She can have my eyes or love of Oreos, but not this…

May 24, 2011

It’s mid-afternoon and I’m getting dressed for Cole’s doctor’s appointment.  Chessa is in the bathroom playing at my heels, pulling my cotton balls and hair spray out of the bathroom drawers.  Between brushing my teeth and asking her to please put mommy’s stuff back, I bounce a little on my toes and pull my jeans [...]

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Karma’s a bitch

December 13, 2010

Not the one I played softball with, she was nice.  The one that shows me little tiny glimpse of myself in my daughter.  Most of the time, people look at her and comment on how much she looks like her daddy.  “Little Craig,” they laugh or “oh… you’re daddy’s girl, aren’t you,” they say.  The [...]

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Confession: I’m not the mother I thought I would be

June 17, 2010

I’ve mentioned before that I’m working my way through Babyproofing Your Marriage, right?  It’s a good read and I find myself nodding in agreement at least three times on every page. Except for one thing.   The part where it says that the mother is the protective, gentle parent.  Also.  Over the last few weeks I’ve read [...]

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Finally! Something to make me think this child is really mine

May 13, 2010

Ever since she was born, all I’ve heard is how much C is her father’s daughter.  A few days after we were home from the hospital, he handed me a picture and I awed over it, asking who took that picture of our little one. In my groggy, sleep-deprived, new mommy state, I didn’t realize [...]

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Mother’s Day in Review

May 10, 2010

The first Mother’s Day with a baby really gets a girl thinking.  Thinking about all the times I blew off with a quick card for my mother because I didn’t think it was a big deal.  Thinking about the lessons I’ve learned from my mom.  Thinking about the memories and recipes that both of my [...]

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Moms can’t be right about everything

May 7, 2010

“Someday when you have a daughter, you’ll understand.” I heard that phrase from my mother 346,876 times growing up.  When I slammed doors after being told that I couldn’t go out for the third night in a row in high school.  When I cried on her shoulder over rumors that were started when I was senior [...]

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Sometimes the good stuff comes at the end

March 23, 2010

Today was a bad day.  If I had to guess it was the combination of an overwhelming workload and PMS.  PMS on a Saturday I can handle.  An overwhelming workload on a day that my hormones aren’t all out whack from recently growing a human I can handle.  PMS on a Tuesday at 10 AM when I [...]

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Don't Be Fooled

February 26, 2010

Don’t let those big eyes pull you in or the loving embrace of the doll fool you.  She looks all sweet and innocent here.  All loving and gentle.  All ” OH  MY GAWD what a sweet baby, I just want to reach into the computer screen and scoop her up.” And she is a sweet, [...]

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