Mommyhood
I would like to blog more but I struggle with what I feel is pressure to either love or hate parenting. I love my kids and I’m pretty sure that anyone that has ever met us would say we love each other. But parenting is HARD! Just like my kids don’t like me everyday I [...]
Continue reading about I Haven’t Decided – Am I Good at This or should I be Bad at This
Yesterday my son told me that he wanted to get along with the kids at school. B teared up and said, “I want to be liked not just the kid with the most AR points or best at math.” I gave him a hug a reminded him of all the people who love and enjoy [...]
Continue reading about “I Thought Being a Kid Was Supposed to be Fun”
Recently I have been pretty open and honest on my FB and Twitter posts. The past few weeks have been hard and my kids are feeling the stress. And they are part of the stress. I’ve posted statuses and images about their behaviour. And it does not paint my kids behaviour or my parenting skills [...]
A friend posted on her Facebook wall a post about Modern Motherhood. I didn’t read the link. I HATE the attempt to define or pigeon hole parenting. Parenting truly is day by day. Each day I wake up hoping to do a better job than the day before. Each day I learn a little more [...]
When I don’t feel good I want soup and I always whip up some Feelin’ the Healin’ soup – a light broth with lots of healing power. I believe strongly in the healing power of food. And not just soul healing comfort food* or the holiday meals around the table with friends and family. I [...]
I am terrified of not doing a good job as a mom. The biggest issues I have are actually with other people. I am completely self conscious. Things I have said or done wrong in the past still haunt me today. I TOTALLY care what people think of me. It eats me up. And yes [...]
Continue reading about true confessions – part 1 – am I inadequate?
Recently there was a local post about parent burnout. Talk about a smack in the face. I don’t prevent parent burnout and often don’t deal with it very well. I usually figure out what is going on (wrong) when I see my kids treating each other pretty bad. My burnout becomes their burden. I’m a [...]
I have always struggled with identity issues. Living in Europe but raised by conservative American parents. Being “from” Virginia but never really having lived here. Loving to get my hands dirty with volunteer work but have a fine shopping compulsion. Is it the Gemini in me? Or is it simply, for many of us, the [...]
You know those days when you probably should not have gotten out of bed? Well, I’m not sure which day that should have been…with a little hindsight things had been brewing for a few days. But, Friday had better be rock bottom. Little Dude did not sleep Thursday night. At least not what I consider [...]
There are often 2 schools of thought when it comes to holding a baby. 1 being that if you hold a baby too much you will spoil the child. The 2nd is to meet the child’s every need so they grow confident and secure. I always tell new parents to hold the baby as much [...]
