Where should we live? My husband, Jimmy, and I needed to find a place to rent. “I’m done with the idea of white-picket fences and the exact-right school district,” I said while scrolling through ads on Craigslist. “We should live somewhere for the experience of it.” Jimmy agreed. An old dream wiggled, jiggled and then [...]
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What’s so great about happy?
Happy. What is up with this one emotion that is valued above and beyond all others? And when did we get suckered into using it as a benchmark of success in our lives? Even more boggling, nowadays, moms and dads are responsible for their kid’s maintained level of euphoria. Why else would so many parenting [...]
There’s a whole lot of cussing going on
Language around our house can be salty. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not like we’re the Osbournes and the f-bomb is dropped every other word, but there is the occasional curse-word muttering or exclamation. I’ll admit, in my younger years, I wasn’t so careful to guard my language around my oldest son Jay. He was [...]
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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