Don’t worry about it, Mom. Dad will figure it out. He took the Star Wars origami project that I’d been unsuccessfully fiddling with for 20 minutes out of my hands. And he walked away. It was a knife-slice to the heart. When did Daddy become the smart parent? How did I lose that status? Did I […]
Dear Child #3, I’ve realized lately, as we navigate the choppy waters of your toddler years, how spoiled you are. But I’ve also realized that I am okay with that. I think it is okay that you get your way now and then, because so much of your life has not been your way. You […]
I walked in the door, after a trip away from my husband a few years ago, and saw a framed copy of my first in-print article. It was published in our local parenting magazine—the first time I saw my name in print in a mass publication. He had found it at the grocery store (where […]