Raising Daughters

Psst: this is just what I am doing on my own. It is not to be construed as medical advice ever in any way. Kicking my sugar addiction is a journey...  I am at my whits end. I am cranky, irritable and honestly thrilled about it. Why? Because this reaction to kicking my sugar addiction [...]

I don't know what it is. I don't have much to complain about. In fact, I really don't have anything to complain about. Except maybe the constant state of my house. The never ending piles of laundry. The dishes that pile up the second you hit wash on the dishwasher. But that is motherhood. The [...]

It was a beautiful day. My friend was getting married, the weather was perfect, the bride gorgeous and the friends aplenty. My girls and I were all in our wedding best and the party to celebrate the long awaited union was underway. It was not until I saw a Simulated Mass Shooting App aimed at [...]

If you ask a mom if she has ever lost it on her kids and she says no, she is lying. If you ask a mom if she has ever regretted things she has said to her kids and she says no, she is lying. If you ask a mom if she has ever felt [...]

Just because we had the kids does not mean that parenting is all we thought it would be. What do you do if you hate being a parent?  "But I don’t want to do any of this. I don’t want to parent at all. I thought I wanted kids, I did want kids, I had [...]

The news has a great affect on how we see the world. When I turned off the news, my days got better. In this house, television is not king. I watch it late at night when the kids are in bed but mostly, unless the house is too quiet, it is off. The kids don't [...]

**Originally Published October 2011** A few months ago, I overheard some things that someone I love said at a party about me.  It shattered my world.  My security, my belief in what I was doing with my life, and my stability were shaken to the very core.  I heard my husband tell his friends and [...]

I couldn't sleep last night. Like, at all. Worry, calculations and the fear of the unknown kept me up.  I had watched Parenthood, a show I had heard so much about when it was on but never saw. Now I get to catch up and I am falling in love. Last night was the episode where [...]

If you know me you know that September 11 is a central part of my heart. In NYC the month before the attacks, exactly, and a month after, NYC has always been my home away from home. My city where I can go to rejuvenate myself. When those towers were hit, and then fell, my heart [...]

Archive week continues with an embarrassing moment!  All for a laugh, my friends! Originally published 9/8/2010 I am ashamed to say that I have had many, many....  many embarrassing moments in Motherhood.  In fact, of all of my mothering friends, I would say I probably have the most moments that induce gales of laughter over a glass of [...]

Yep. I said it. Run away. far, far away where no one can find you and no one can bother you. Seriously. It helps. When Life is Overwhelming--- Run Away! I did it. Last weekend. I ran to a secluded cabin, laptop left at home, cell service spotty. I took books and coffee and sat under the [...]

There are a lot of really wonderful things in this world. A lot of joy. A lot of laughter. A lot of miraculous events. If I focus on that, I can get up in the morning, smile at my three little miracles and I can make their day pretty amazing. We can walk out of [...]