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Multitask – vb, to work at several different tasks simultaneously. (courtesy dictionary.com). As a mother, I thought I was the queen of multitasking. Soothing kids while making dinner, rocking babies while writing blog posts, nursing while going to the bathroom (yes, I managed this a couple of times). When I started working last year, IContinue reading “Multitasking Myth”

I had the privilege of volunteering in my son’s kindergarten classroom today. My job was to go over an election work sheet and help the children cut out and paste answers to questions about what happens on election day, who was running, where the president lives, etc… Pretty benign. I was surprised when some ofContinue reading “The Day After”

I’ve had it. This political season is about to push me over the edge. I think a lot of you, based on conversations I’ve had, feel the same way. Let’s get a few things straight. I am a complex person. I believe in a certain set of values and ethics that I learned from myContinue reading “UNCLE!”

I knew it was bound to happen, but I still wasn’t prepared for how to handle it. The 6 year old has been invited to a birthday party and has a soccer game at the exact same time. There is no way to do them both. We will have to choose.  The husband’s initial reactionContinue reading “Sophie’s Choice: Kid’s Saturday Scheduling Edition”

Three blind mice. Three little pigs. The three bears. Three strikes. The holy trinity. Threes have a strange ring to it. We seek them out in writing and speeches. Wikipedia defines the rule of three as: “a writing principle that suggests that things that come in threes are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbersContinue reading “Rule of Threes”

Tomorrow, my oldest starts Kindergarten. A week ago, I was counting down the days to the start of school. We have struggled this summer: butting heads, having discipline setback after setback, and to be honest, I was craving a little distance from my stubborn five year old. Now. It’s here. And I am a mixContinue reading “Kindergarten Eve”

During dinner the hubby was scrolling through his playlist on his iPhone and picking the “High Heeled Mama” songs. The songs I go back to time and again. The songs I’d deem perfect. There was Bill Wither’s “Ain’t No Sunshine” and Marc Broussard’s “Home” and Prince’s “Adore” and Ray Charles’ “Georgia” and Rent’s “525,600 Minutes”Continue reading “Kids – The Ultimate Reality Check”

I’ll admit it, I haven’t read the piece in the Atlantic. I’ve seen some tweets. Read a few commentaries about the piece. Seen some folks post it on Facebook. But I haven’t read it. I’m not sure that I will. Do I need one more person expounding on whether what I’m doing is right/wrong/indifferent/feminist/anti-feminist/social commentary/entitled?Continue reading “Less Balance, More See-Saw”

There was a time in my pre-kids life that I blatantly scoffed at the idea of preschool graduations. How silly these little ceremonies. Congrats, kid, you can say your ABCs and identify colors. You’ve really achieved something. Perhaps that was just my own insecurity that I never had attended preschool and therefore possessed no picturesContinue reading “Rites of Passage”

When I was pregnant, I day dreamed of all the things I was going to teach my child. These were hazy day dreams filled with non specifics, but moments of wistful promise punctuated by kicking feet against my ribs that made me giddy with anticipation of all that I could be as a mother. IContinue reading “The Ties that Bind”