Posted in Mothering on Apr 16th, 2010
I had another bad day on Wednesday. I woke up at 3 a.m. with a raging head cold and couldn’t get back to sleep.
When my kids woke up, they were both a little under the weather and cranky. My son fussed all through math. I yelled at him. My daughter threw a fit when [...]
Posted in Mothering on Apr 13th, 2010
Yell at your daughter when she spills water on the table.
Yell at her some more when she cries because you’re yelling at her.
Yell that there’s no reason to be upset, it’s just water for the love of God.
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Yell at your son when he drips water on the floor because he got out of the [...]
Posted in Writing on Jun 16th, 2009
10:52 a.m.
I’m at the park with my kids. They’re happily doing what my son calls “double dides” down the twisty slide: they lie down side by side and speed to the bottom.
I sit on the edge of the sandbox with a group of other moms. They’re talking about a sale on packaged something-or-other at Costco. [...]