September 11th did not directly affect me. Not really.                                                                       &… Read full post »

My husband, Kris, and I both love Christmas and are quite traditional in how we celebrate.  We decorate our house simply, but festively and have Christmas music constantly playing both in the car and in the house.   We talk with Owen, our three year old, and even Sydney, our one y… Read full post »

Let’s put this in perspective.  I live outside of Boston.  Let’s imagine that in my ninth month of pregnancy, my husband Kris finds out that we have to go back to New Jersey or else we’ll lose our health insurance, or something of equal importance that means not retur… Read full post »

I’m done fighting it.  I have been overweight for much of my adulthood.  I know, an overweight vegetarian, I never would have believed it either.  Yet, here I am, a living testimony.  

I was thin through my mid twenties and then something changed.  I have… Read full post »

My husband and I never planned on having our children in bed with us.  Before we came home from the hospital, my oldest sons room was thoughtfully decorated and had a top of the line (ridiculous!) mattress in his crib.  We knew, without doubt, that from the first night home he… Read full post »

Every once in a while I turn on the show “Supernanny”.  This past Friday, the voice narrating deemed one of the most wonderful and thoughtful parenting choices my husband and I have made, “shameful.”  

I am an intelligent parent.  I have taken an… Read full post »

It is a series of friendships that could not have happened any other way.  We met at a prenatal yoga class while we were pregnant with our first children.  All due within a month of each other, Catherine decided that we needed to form a playgroup for our soon to be born… Read full post »

I recently found a journal from my adolescent years.  My parents and I struggled greatly during my teenage years and we lacked communication skills.  This caused significant conflict and hurt.  The journal itself chronicled the details and emotion of the misunderstandings between my pa… Read full post »

I am grateful that I will have food to offer my children for every meal and snack for the foreseeable future.

I pray for those parents whose children cry from hunger because they have not been given a meal in many days, and don’t have a  food pantry as a last… Read full post »

I find myself addicted to the show “Bethenny, Getting married”.   Bethenny and I are at similar stages in life, and it is comforting to watch her publicize how difficult it is to mother a newborn.  And come on - Jason Hoppy?  It’s often as though his r… Read full post »

On Friday, I turned thirty-six years old.  For some reason, I found the cast of “Thirty Something” drifting into my mind often in the last week.  I must have only been fourteen when the show was on, but there was something about it that I loved.  I remem/… Read full post »

Time management wasn’t an issue when I brought my first baby home.  I was able to sit in the chair and nurse him around the clock.  All of the other challenges of bringing a newborn home were there:  I was tired, I lacked any sort of social life, personal hygiene, etc.  … Read full post »

It was one year ago today that I made my first trip to the birthing unit while pregnant with my daughter.  I’m not going to use this space to share my birth story, but I will tell you that it was exactly one week later, and one week early, that Sydney Grace… Read full post »

It was 7:00 on Friday and both kids were asleep.  I came downstairs, sat down and I cried.  I cried like my high school boyfriend had just dumped me.  I knew that it was going to happen.  As soon as I felt my son drift off to sleep emotion overtook me.
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Today my first -born turns three.  As any parent can attest, a child’s birthday forces reflection on that blissful time when you await the newest members arrival.  Parents reminisce about all of the preparations they made for the child’s arrival - mostly material but some educat… Read full post »

Let me begin by saying my husband is not a slob.  He provides well for our family and is physically fit.  He is an open minded, modern thinker who holds few preconceived notions of gender roles.  All of this said, I am amazed at the things Kris thinks need not be… Read full post »

Finally! My two and a half year old is napping and my four month old is swinging away contentedly.  Oh - with two hands the things I will accomplish! Should I load the dishwasher, prepare lasagnas for freezing or be self-indulgent and catch up on e -mail?

I peek at my… Read full post »

After spending all but 30 minutes of my morning trying to get my 6 month old to sleep, I am doing all that I can to hold back from crying.  Upon getting up from the bed where my finally sleeping child lies, all I want to do is go to sleep… Read full post »