Category: parenting
On homemade Valentine’s cards. It seemed like a good idea at the time…
I hate Valentine’s Day. Earlier in our relationship, when my husband would tell me it was a made-up holiday, this used to annoy me, “how unromantic” I would think. Now, I am in complete agreement. This is because what Valentine’s Day does not bring in jewelry, it makes up for by highlighting in spades my
Continue Reading...On the Fun Subject of Tears… how I hated them, begrudgingly learned to accept them, and now live peacefully with them (like the lady on top of this weird image).
I used to be a person who did not cry. People who don’t cry take great pride in their parched tear ducts as if the absence of appropriate emotional response is some Olympic accomplishment setting us apart from mere mortals, and not what it actually is: a sign of severe compartmentalization of feelings, likely the
Continue Reading...The Elusive Quest For “Normal”
When I was a kid I made a promise to myself that when I grew up I would have a “normal” life. I defined normal as a life with a happy marriage, a career I liked, and eventually kids (healthy ones, obviously). We would do family trips, have hectic schedules, and a few unavoidable setbacks
Continue Reading...How NOT To Jump Off A High Dive…
You know what’s really hard to do when you are a Type A personality? Not be a Type A personality. As I mentioned in my last post I am on a journey of letting go of some perfectionist leanings. It is feeling more like having my fingers pried one by one off the edge of
Continue Reading...The Itsy Bitsy Spider
At our local zoo there is an indoor exhibit called the Unseen New World where you can see sapphire blue poison arrow frogs, velvety bats, iguanas, armored turtles and other jewel-like creatures in pristine habitats. On our way in the exhibit during our latest trip I overheard a mother expressing ambivalence to her friend that
Continue Reading...Parenting Reality Check 101: No Sick Days
When my husband and I got engaged and started premarital counseling we were told that nothing shows you how selfish you are like marriage. We will soon celebrate our 8th anniversary, and honestly, I have not found that to be true because I married a very selfless man with a servant’s heart. Since, for the
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