Archives for July, 2008

Surviving the help monster

The help monster invaded our house about six months ago. At first I didn’t realize it had body snatched my four-year-old child. It started off so innocent, so sweet. “Mommy, I helpa you.” “What?” Craig reached his arm out and pointed to the laundry I was stuffing into the washing machine. “Oh, sure.” I handed [...]

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Reward for the missing laundry fairy

Once upon a time a laundry fairy lived at my house. While I toiled at work, she gathered, washed, dried, folded and hung our clothes. I never actually got to see her, but always imagined she wore a sparkly lavender dress and hummed as she flitted around the house working her magic. Her skills were [...]

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