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What It Takes to Be Beautiful
Yesterday I ran into the mom of an old friend from high school, and the whole time we were talking I was thinking, Oh, God, I don't have any makeup on. Last week I almost didn't come down to say hi to my husband's aunt and uncle, visiting from California, because I...
‘Sleep While the Baby Sleeps’ and Other Unhelpful Advice
They say sleep deprivation is a lot like walking around drunk. That must be why I keep running into doors and passing out on the couch and forgetting where in the world I put the baby’s clean diaper when it’s literally right in front of my face, and I’m looking at it...
That One Pile of Junk We Pretend We Don’t See
Do you have this one place in your bedroom where you once put a stack of something you didn't know what to do with (papers that should probably be filed away, but it's just so much effort) and told yourself you'd clean it up another day and now it's been two years?...
‘I Want You to Drop Me Off at an Orphanage.’
Identity crisis Zadok (2): "Daddy a boy and Jadon a boy. I not a boy, I a twin." My poop scared me Jadon (8): "Mama, I sat down to poop today, and it sounded like a gunshot when it came out." Mama: "Wow. That's quite interesting...information." Jadon: "Yeah. It scared...
To My Obstetrician: Thank You for Delivering New Life
Dear Dr. Brougher, I miss you when I’m not pregnant. I know it sounds a little crazy. You, the doctor whom ever woman dreads that one time a year, because there are stirrups and cold metal and paper-thin sheets to cover everything and nothing at all, but I mean it. I...
How Do You Teach an 8-year-old to Keep His Room Clean?
"I can't find any socks that match," he said. "I also can't find my agenda or my folder." Well, is it any wonder? Just look at his room. What in the world happened here? you may ask. It's what we asked, too. There is no simple explanation. There is just "an 8-year-old...
“Only Boys are Bosses” and Other Incorrect Musings of Children
Field Trip Blues Jadon (8): "My field trip is this week." Mama: "I know. I signed up to be a volunteer." Jadon: "Aw, darn it. I wanted to do inappropriate stuff." Superheroes Have to Eat, Too I'm trying to take a picture of them all around the table for my 'Eating...
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