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“Just the one.” And there it is… the “look” that always paints a fellow moms face as I respond to her asking how many children I have. An awkward silence trails my response as we try to find a...
Someone almost made my heart stop this week. When I was lamenting about you having to share the attention and toys once your little sister arrives, this person said, “It’s OK, she’ll never remember a life without a sister.” Oh, Eggroll....
I was driving my daughter and her friend home after school and, when talking about weekend plans, I learned that her mom was going out of town for the weekend. When I pulled up to her house, I saw her...
I know there are many of you out there who have a good group of girlfriends. You laugh and cry together. You have a group text together. You know pretty much everything about each other. You probably even refer...
Potty Training. Oy. The very mention of the term sends my anxiety through the roof. If you get through the first two years of being a parent thinking, "okay, I've got this Mom Thing down," it's quite possible that trying to teach a...
If someone asks me what I do, I reply that I am a stay-at-home mom. Most people get what a huge undertaking that is, especially with two under three constantly underfoot and needing me for all the things at every...
  I should be dead. I never imagined I would live to 20, let alone my mid-30s. Why? I spent my teenage years addicted to heroin. Looking at me, you’d never guess. I live right next door. I look like a...
  “This is my wife, Beth” I said introducing her to a parent at a soccer game “Are you married, like gay married?” the parent asked I would love to say this was the only time I’d been asked a surprisingly inappropriate...
  A funny thing happens when you take the plunge and start having kids: the unending comments begin. When you’re pregnant, comments like, “Are you sure you’re not having twins? Are you feeling ok?” and “You’re huge!” are merely a...
When my little family lived in North Carolina, one thing I ALWAYS looked forward to in our visits "home" to Milwaukee was a morning (or five) at Colectivo Coffee Roasters. I love everything about Colectivo: the coffee, the atmosphere, the...

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