Motherhood

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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Oh, hey. I’m not 26 anymore.

July 27, 2011

There are times when I catch a glimpse of myself in a store window or the rear view mirror and I think I’m still the same 26-year-old that I was a short five years ago.  I think I could be running to the gym, shopping with friends or spending the entire evening flipping back and forth [...]

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30 minutes does not a nap make

July 20, 2011

I don’t understand it, really.  If someone gave me a warm bed, a soft blanket and told me to shut my eyes for an hour or two twice a day, I’d happily take them up on the offer.  In fact, I’d be so excited, I’d stay there until someone pulled me from the bed kicking [...]

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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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We survived the beach…. with two babies

July 11, 2011

“What was your favorite part?” I asked, cradling her in my arms.  Behind us waves crashed onto the beach.  Their sound low and soft. Our personal white noise.  She looked up at me with wide eyes.  Not, I noticed, the tired eyes a toddler should have at 2AM.  “SUNCASHULES!” she answered with a grin.  “Sandcastles!  You had fun with [...]

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What a Mother Does

July 5, 2011

She will hold him in her arms to sleep, even when her eyes are bleary and she can’t remember the last time her head sunk into the warm, fluffy pillow on her bed.  She will toss and turn and awake at the sound of every sneeze, every whimper, every cough.  She will walk quietly into [...]

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Ten Years Ago

June 23, 2011

Ten years ago this week, I met my husband.  He’ll tell you we met a few months earlier and that I paid no attention to him.  And, well, he’s not wrong.  He’s not right, but he’s not wrong.  Fresh out of college, I was working my first job at a tourism promotion agency. With a [...]

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A letter to the lady having a baby, again

June 9, 2011

Dear You.  Yes, You. I remember the day you emailed me and told me you thought you might be pregnant.  The way the excitement crept through the words that claimed you were nervous.  I remember the day you told me that yes, indeed, the stick turned pink and baby #2 was coming in the summer.  [...]

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Perhaps not my best parenting moment

June 9, 2011

It was one of  THOSE nights.  You know the kind where nothing went wrong, per say.  But I was looking so forward to bedtime.  I did the solo bedtime routine and it was starting to look up. A little less crying from the two kiddos and a lot less wanting to tear my hair out [...]

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just… balanced.

June 6, 2011

It’s always a struggle isn’t it? Finding that sweet spot where you feel like all parts of your life are not only equally taken care of, but equally enjoyed.  No matter how we parent, if we work or stay at home, attachment parent or not, we fight to find the right mix of mom, wife, [...]

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