Gratitude: grat·i·tude /ˈɡradəˌt(y)o͞od: noun the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. At first, I was ALL up in Gratitude’s corn flakes. Yoga was my gateway drug to harder street-grade Gratitude. My mom had recently stopped living so I was crying (softly) into my pigeon pose. My mindful af yoga instructor invited me to counter my grief with gratitude…
Warning: There will be descriptions of sports and people playing sports. I don’t know how to do either. When handed your newborn, there simply isn’t time to stereotype your baby. But don’t fear, you’ll get to it. Admittedly, the blank canvas of an hours-old human with that new-person smell fairly begs you to swaddle their future with fabulous expectations. As excited and exhausted new parents,…
What truly makes America great is not a red baseball hat made in China, but A: our cultural contributions to the world and, B: our diverse population, which has made world-changing contributions to arts and culture. Exhibit A & B: Grace came home from preschool obsessed with Mika, a new student from Europe. Grace thirsted HARD for Mika’s curly blond hair, blue eyes and French…
This post was generously underwritten by Kiddoyo.com, the mobile app that makes planning play-dates almost as fun as… play-dates. The one thing I didn’t expect when I FINALLY became a mom was the sudden onset of other mothers. The hardest part of parenting is having witnesses. Growing up in the 1970s, also known as the Middle Ages for Children, us kids were instructed after breakfast…
Christmas is a lot like an Escape Room January 1, 2018 This post was generously underwritten by Kiddoyo.com, the mobile app that makes planning play-dates almost as fun as… play-dates. Canada and I went to an Escape Room for a Grown Up Play-Date. Basically, we paid a lot of money for a sitter along with a bunch of other parents who also paid a lot…
Seize The Play-Dates January 2, 2018 This post was generously underwritten by Kiddoyo.com, the mobile app that makes planning play-dates almost as fun as… play-dates. Ever wonder if airlines seat all families with little kids in the same section of planes so we are the only ones who have to listen to each other’s children rant, rave and lose it? Since we took Grace on…
To Co-op, or not to Co-op January 15, 2018 This post was generously underwritten by kiddoyo.com, the mobile app that makes scheduling and tracking play-dates almost as fun as… playdates. Now that there are babysitter apps, finding a suitable sitter is as easy as Tinder. You swipe left if she looks like she might try to eat or marry your children, swipe right because she’s…
When a co-op becomes something more January 29, 2018 This post was generously underwritten by Kiddoyo.com, the mobile app that makes planning play-dates almost as fun as… play-dates. Our daughter’s closest friends are the babies she met cooling her heels in daycare. She actually has had stable, long-lasting friendships longer than she has had language to communicate with these friends. Due to our daughter’s massive…
This post was generously underwritten by Kiddoyo.com, the mobile app that makes planning play-dates almost as fun as… play-dates. So, you have a few play-dates under your belt and feel like a play-date pro. Maybe you even pride yourself on having the coolest play-date house because you have 2 super chill dogs, a cat who could care less and a turtle – always a…
Happy Mother’s Day to one and all. After having been blessed with a very comprehensive mother, who truly tried to mother her children, step children, grandchildren, other people’s children, stepchildren and grandchildren, and every one else she ever met in the entire world, it’s fascinating to examine various and sundry ways people mother and find mothers. And when when we tragically lost our mom, an old…