Category: Motherhood

On August 21st, Emil turned five. We spent the afternoon with our neighborhood friends, as Emil’s request was to “Do wheelies on my bike all day. It’s my ‘birfday’ all day. I’m the boss.” Yes, sir. You got it.

I cannot go without saying that two of the best nights of my whole summer were spent with these mamas.

In motherhood, moments of self-doubt are mixed with moments of competence and pride, the yin/yang balance of life, the sweet success of a perfect moment sprinkled on top of a shitty day. I know attitude is 75% of the battle, that and patience, health, and a good night’s sleep.. and sometimes, a simple distraction from … Continue reading “Mother Muscles”

This past weekend, the tail end of a week without Andrew, was… prickly. I’ve had a really nasty upper respiratory thing that has kept me up all night coughing, but the worst of it is that Oliver was also suffering. And when that kid suffers, everyone suffers.

There are pieces of being a parent to all boys that sometimes evade me — I feel one day that they are so different from the quiet, contemplative little girls who accompany their mothers on play dates to our house, the girls who play so peacefully and quietly alongside their mamas while we discuss books, … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”