The Hairdresser’s Daughter
What do you do when the theme for Mother’s Day is…YOUR MOTHER?? Well, you take a few deep breaths and a trip down memory lane. Here’s to the woman who brought me into this world and often threatened...
View ArticleMy Mom, in Pictures
You know the saying, a picture’s worth a thousand words? That’s kind of how I feel about my mom. My mom immigrated to the United States from Naples, Italy, aboard the Andrea Doria in 1954. She spent...
View ArticleHome is where Mom is
This post is co-written by bloggers – and sisters – Gena Golas and Christa Allard. There’s a saying “Home is where Mom is” and we agree, even though we both have long since moved out of our parents’...
View ArticleWhy Do We Do It?
When you really think about it, the whole scenario is ridiculous – a recipe for disaster. You meet someone, and no matter how well you think you know him/her, even if you’ve been together for years...
View ArticleThings I Miss About Having A Toddler
I cannot believe I just wrote that – but it’s true. While every stage has their challenges, nothing in my decade of parenting has made me question the stability of my mental health like the toddler...
View ArticleA Letter to My Younger Sister: The Amazing and Horrible Truth About Becoming...
My sister is in town from Chicago this week, for a last visit to Connecticut before moving to California to take a tenure-track assistant professor position. She is dissertating (is that a verb?) this...
View ArticleTen Important Things To Ask A Mother
Here are ten important things to ask a mother of three…well, really these questions are applicable to ANY mother. But, as a mother to three daughters under the age of five, I sometimes day-dream about...
View ArticleLiving Child Free – Week 1
Despite a few obstacles being thrown in our direction,”A” made it to camp in one piece! From the moment we arrived, I was completely at ease leaving him there – the place looked more like a lakeside...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Employers of America
A good friend’s youngest son started Kindergarten this year. She’s a stay-at-home mom and hasn’t worked outside the home since her oldest son, now 11, was born – unless you count organizing numerous...
View ArticleMy Fabulous Life…Courtesy of Pinterest
I’m kind obsessed with Pinterest – the social media site that’s filled with beautiful pictures of homes that I will never own, meals I will never cook, outfits I will never wear, and places that I will...
View ArticleStep Into The Momfessional
Since we’re stepping inside the momfessional this week, I’m giving up a few of my parenting-fail secrets. 1. I look really organized on the outside, but don’t open my closets, drawers, or cabinets –...
View ArticleHail to the No
“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.” ~Josh Billings Josh Billings was the pen-name of Henry Wheeler Shaw, an 19th century humorist...
View ArticleThe Meanest Mom Ever!
Yup. That’s me…according to my son. He’s 11, so that should pretty much tell you everything you need to know. There have been lots of heavy sighing, eye rolling, and “Ugh, do I have to…” type...
View ArticleWhen Motherhood Feels Like a Dress Rehearsal for the Real Thing
It occurs to me sometimes that I am meandering through life still trying to figure things out in my mid-thirties, the age at which I had always assumed I would be finished with figuring out all the...
View Article5 Important Lessons in Five Years
I have had the pleasure of looking into these beautiful blue eyes for the last 5 years. My son and oldest child, Donald, turns five years old this week. It certainly has been a ride, that’s for sure....
View ArticleThe most beautiful word
I think mother is the most beautiful word in the English language. When I think of its beauty and turn it over in my mind, I’m not thinking of myself, but of my own mother. Some days, just the thought...
View ArticleMissing My Mom During the Holidays
However, I realize perhaps it’s OK to feel nostalgic and sad during the holidays. It confirms that I appreciate my mom and our time spent together as a family.
View ArticleLife of a Fake Dance Mom
I never really wanted to be a dance mom. As the mother of three daughters, I figured it would be inevitable that at least one of them would want to dance. I resisted for many years as my older two...
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