I tripped over the book about Elf on the Shelf (Harry’s origin story) this morning. I was picking up Henry’s bedroom. The kids are fascinated with the elf. Too bad I just realized that I […]
Category: Margot’s mom is so weird.
“I want you to blow sleep dust in my eyes.” (True Sentence No. 15)
I went for a drive tonight, shortly after dinner, to clear my head. When I re-emerged a couple hours later, Margot was waiting up. She pitter-pattered into my room, wearing a fuzzy Peppa Pig night […]
Meeting Online Mom Group Friends IRL is Painful
There comes a point in every mom’s life when she’ll discover online mom groups and become transfixed. I did. About three years ago, I found a local mom group tied to a high end children’s […]
Why Swearing is Good for You: People Who Swear Are Healthier, More Resilient, and More Intelligent
Trigger warning: This post contains some highly profane expletives that readers may find offensive. When I was in high school, I recall an English teacher saying cuss words were a sign of poor vocabulary and […]
Ungathered for Christmas
The Most Magical Hype of the Year Christmas is magical when you’re a small child, and at some point it transforms from being a season of sheer delight into a season of hype. All the […]
8 Levels of Unsolicited Parenting Advice Hell: What Type of Advice-Giver Are You (Dealing With)?
“Your kids are cold! They need more layers” “They look fine.” “Well they’re not. They’re too cold. You need to bring them back home. NOW.” That cold-weather exchange, with a stranger, was a bit heated. […]
True Sentence no. 6: finding friends for your kids can make you look like a pedophile
With a 3-year-old and 1-year-old, I’m on continual lookout for neighbor-kid friends. All of our immediate neighbors have kids 1 to 2 decades older – definitely not prime friend age. So when I saw a […]
Why “oooh-oooh-baby-spam-me-hard” is a bad choice for your email address (True Sentence no. 5)
If you want a designated email address for your spam email messages, you should create a very vanilla handle like “Stacys-spam-messages” at your-preferred-email-provider-dot-com, Because if you create a snarky spam email account with an email […]
Why having the word “f-ck” in your password can be problematic (true sentence no. 4)
So, If you ask a short-fused woman to reset her password, and keep telling her: Choose a new password you have not used before, Choose a more secure password, Your two passwords don’t match, And […]
When 19 Months Doesn’t Feel Like 2 Years (And the 5 Truest Sentences I Know This Evening)
My son Henry, my youngest child, cannot be ignored. He seduces you easily, with his grins and giggles. I think it’s more about grasping (desperately) for attention than being naturally good-natured. He is malleable. He […]