When I originally thought of writing this blog I almost titled it: My Son is an A**hole. There are times when my son literally pushes me to the edge. He makes me feel like I am living with a ten-year-old Donald Trump. He’s a pushy, demanding, entitled, know-it-all. He’s loud and relentless. He drives me […] Read more…
I’m so busy during the day I forget to pee or eat. Which makes sense, because I can only forget the first bodily function if I’ve neglected the second. I’ve picked up my children later from after school care late three times the last three times I’ve had to pick them up. As a result […] Read more…
I was out to dinner with some girlfriends when the topic turned to birth control methods – you know because chicks talk about everything. My sweet and always well-mannered friend (think Charlotte from Sex in the City) informed me that she knew I was taking the pill because my eight-year-old son Sam had told her […] Read more…
I am fascinated by the Catholic Church. I attended Catholic school from first through sixth grade. I was sent there by my very much not religious agnostic mother and atheist father. It’s like a set up for a bad sitcom, right? I loved my Catholic school education though was always deeply skeptical of organized religion […] Read more…
About two years a mom of two in my office raved to me in the hallway about how she had recently bought a Groupon for a professional organizer and that it had changed her life. A married male colleague with three children and a stay at home wife overheard our conversation and with an amused […] Read more…
As mothers we spend a lot of our time shielding our kids from the harsh realities of the world until they are ready to face them. School shootings, dead three-year-old Syrian refugees, teens who overdoes on heroine, missing commercial airliners – the list of frightening things that our children can be exposed to is overwhelming. […] Read more…
The number one human fear, according to numerous studies and surveys, is public speaking. It’s not my biggest dear. But it was during a public speaking training session that I realized what my biggest fear actually is: not being thought of as nice. Really, you might be thinking? The realization that I don’t want to be thought of […] Read more…
There is nothing like spending a week in a bikini to make you whole heartedly commit to a diet. However I also discovered the week after getting back from vacation is not the optimal time to give up caffeine, alcohol (dear seven pound eight ounce baby Jesus, help me), dairy, flour and sugar. It’s also […] Read more…
I am a happy person – a glass half full kind of gal. I like being nice to people. I say hi to strangers. I don’t sweat the small things. I realize people make mistakes and that I do too (please don’t tell my husband), so I forgive and try to move past the blame […] Read more…
My younger brother was married last week in a very hippie hipster affair. I haven’t been surrounded by that many childless twenty and thirty-year-olds since I myself was childless and way hipper. And I thought I was still cool until I opened my mouth and started talking. It didn’t take me long to realize that […] Read more…