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Dear Concerned Reader: Yes, I’d Like Some Cheese with My Wine.
It’s time for another Dear Concerned Reader—because you know what happens when one of my articles gets popular on another platform besides my own: all the comedians start coming out. This time it was my “A Dad is Not a Helper or a Babysitter. He’s a Parent.” So....
You Know What I’d Like to Leap Over? Year 3.
My kids are out of their minds about this leap year thing. A day that only comes around once a year? Yeah. What would you do if you had a birthday today? Uncle Jarrod almost did. He would only be a kid still? No, the years still pass. Just because his birthday rolled...
When Kid Jokes Mix with Pokemon Jokes
Me: It's time for bed. 3-year-old: But we dinnent have breakthast. Me: We just ate dinner. 3-year-old: But we dinnent have breakthast. Me: Breakfast comes after bedtime. 3-year-old: No! Breakthast is now. Me. No. It's not. 3-year-old: Yes, it is! Me: No it's not....
How You Know You’re Turning Into a Parent
Being a parent changes you in ways you may never have expected (or even wanted). It is undeniable that they destroy us completely. Mostly, though, they make us better people in a way that only caring for illogical human beings can make us better people. But they also...
Hey World? I Haven’t Lost My Value Just Because I Have Kids.
When I was pregnant with my first child, I worked full-time as the editor of a newspaper produced by The United Methodist Church. Every week I’d write all the articles (because the staff was…nonexistent) and I’d take all the pictures and then I’d edit what few...
Kids Answer the Most Burning Question of Love: What Is It?
Me: How do people show their love to each other? 5-year-old: They tell people. Me: Does anybody at your school love you? 5-year-old: Only my teacher. Me: Do you love anybody? 5-year-old: You. And myself. Me: It's good to love yourself. 6-year-old: Well, that's just...
5 Things I Didn’t Know Before I Became a Parent
Before I became a parent, I was an uptight woman who tried to achieve perfection in every single thing I did. If I made a 97 on a test, I would cry because it wasn’t a 98 (I was dramatic in every sense of the word). When I forgot the words to a song during the middle...
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