The best way to learn a lesson
“Can we have ice cream?” my kids begged just as I was leaving for work this morning. “Maybe. If you can get along and not be assholes to eachother” Okay, I didn’t say assholes,...
WORKING MOM
How I function with high-functioning anxiety.
I burned my lip on an onion ring yesterday. First bite, scalding-hot-lava onion juice erupted from a perfectly round onion ring and spattered onto the edge of my unsuspecting lip. MUUUUUTHER FUUUUUUCKER THAT HURT!...
The day I almost died.
“If we don’t get your blood pressure down, your only other option is stroke, seizure, heart attack or death.” On Sept 3, I had my third beautiful baby during a pretty smooth delivery. Minus...
The 10 Stages of Anxious Moms
It’s undetermined how many times a day my brain cycles through these 10 stages. Everything is fine. Totally fine. BLISS: everything is wonderful. DOUBT: why is everything wonderful? FEAR: something bad will happen soon....
Only bad moms forget things.
I can still remember the note sent home, when my daughter was in kindergarten: “If you’d like a yearbook, please send in $15.” Well, that’s stupid, why do kindergartners need a yearbook? I’m not...
No one will get frostbite inside the house.
The snow is always so pretty. From inside. The kids were so excited when they saw the snow. And even more excited to go outside and play in it. On a weeknight, nonetheless! I...
I’ll just pretend I’m a good mom, while I’m working.
Dropping my baby off at daycare really drove home how much of a failure I was. I pretty much wasn’t even a mom. My baby would now spend more hours in a day with...