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Evaluating the School Year
We’re 6 1/2 days away from the end of the school year, and there’s not a person in this house who is not ready for the school year to end. I think even the dog is ready for summer. It’s been a long school year around here. With my older daughter in middle school and … Continue reading
It’s Not All Giggles and Smiles — and That’s OK
Before I had kids, I had a rosy picture in my head of what being a mom would be like. My kids and I would giggle and smile our way through the next 18 years. They would be well-behaved. We’d make memories. When one of them did something wrong, we’d have a rational discussion about … Continue reading
Perfection is Not the Goal
We started on a new sports adventure last night with my younger daughter. It was her first lacrosse practice. This is the first time she’s played any sport other than hockey. Last night was the first time she’d ever caught, thrown or scooped a lacrosse ball. As the girls threw the ball back and forth, … Continue reading
Stop Blaming Victoria’s Secret
A year or so ago, we took my younger daughter to St. Louis to see her first NHL hockey game. We took one of her friends from her hockey team with us. Because she’s one of the few girls in the league, that friend was a boy. Before we left, another parent jokingly made a … Continue reading
Letting Go of Expectations
This parenting thing is often not what I expect it to be. Every day is a new surprise. Some days it’s my children finding new ways to frustrate me. Some days it’s watching my children grow in ways I never expected. Some days it’s finding myself learning things I never thought I’d learn. It’s not … Continue reading
When the Laundry Has to Wait
There’s a pile of clean laundry at the end of my bed. A big pile. It’s been there since Monday. It needs to be folded and put away. You know what I did last night when I had time to fold the laundry? I played a game with my family and watched a hockey game … Continue reading
Doing What’s Best
My daughters are polar opposites in personality. One is adventuresome, the other cautious. One is bold and brash, the other quiet and reserved. One has never met a stranger, the other takes forever to come out of her shell. One considers the feelings of others first, the other has to be reminded. One is aggressive, … Continue reading
A Message to Sons
I don’t have boys. We’re a house of pony tails and sparkly clothes. While I have athletic girls, we don’t have the rough and tumble of boys around here. Most everything I write, though, I try to make applicable to both genders. Yesterday, I wrote “A Message to My Daughters,” and I learned something important … Continue reading
When Parenting is Hard
I stand in her room and gaze on this child, so innocent and beautiful in sleep. And the tears gather in the corners of my eyes as I feel every wrong decision and failure as a mom. I love this child more than life itself, but I stand there and I wonder when giggles and … Continue reading
The Meanest Mom in the Universe
My younger daughter and I traveled to St. Louis this weekend for a hockey tournament. It was our first weekend ever to travel with her hockey team. She was so excited about the weekend. Saturday night, she and some of the boys were playing in the pool when everyone else decided to go play knee … Continue reading
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