Archive for 'Mother of the Year'
On How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Posted on 31. Aug, 2010 by admin.
I have two beautiful boys so I don’t want to totally diss my uterus, but while I was pregnant with said progeny, it was a little like I was James Caan in “Misery.” And if I’m being honest, I more than kind of wanted to crush all my fellow baby bumpers who “loooved being [...]
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On Celebrating Father’s Day
Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by admin.
You can’t go anywhere this time of year without bumping into a chirpy Father’s Day gift guide organized by catchy phrases like “Grill Master,” “Gadget Guru,” and “Sports Fanatic.” All this for the gentleman responsible for those pint-sized miracles who spend their most productive hours sucking the life out of yours. For once [...]
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On Understanding My Mother…
Posted on 01. May, 2010 by admin.
One of my most vivid memories from childhood happened when I was about seven. That fateful Saturday morning, my siblings and I found ourselves crisscross applesauce on our lovely green linoleum floor, sitting too close to the television and spellbound by the misadventures of “Tom and Jerry,” despite the fact that none of our [...]
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The Flight of the Flu Season… Ready or Not
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Last night my husband and I were awakened at exactly 2:37am by the miserable whimpering of our feverish six year old. It was then that I realized what those poor actors on “Lost” must feel like as their characters are dragged back and forth to that ill-fated island. Unfortunately I’m not pulling in [...]
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On Valentine’s Daze
Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by admin.
I can barely remember those carefree days of marriage past when I distinctly recall playfully making it clear to my husband that flowers for Valentine’s Day would never be considered extra credit. But somewhere along the way, those same overpriced petals started to look less like symbols of love and more like tiny little [...]
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On Karate-hood
Posted on 31. Dec, 2009 by admin.
My son takes karate at Mid-America Karate in Rogers and loves it. He loves it so much, in fact, that it is the only reason I’m willing to drag my hyped up two-year-old to his class twice a week and dejectedly trail after him as he both entertains and annoys other parents attempting to [...]
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On the Mommy Belly…
Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by admin.
Ah, yes. The Mommy Belly. Can I hear a collective “Ugh?” And while I assume it needs no further introduction, for those in the dark about this regrettable, postpartum phenomenon, it is the “little bundle” that remains after giving birth to your “little bundle.” A search on Google will return nearly two [...]
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On Thanksgiving
Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Once again, it’s time to pay official homage to all that is good in our lives and ignore all that other stuff that isn’t perfect. As my mother used to say, “No matter how bad you have it, there’s always someone else out there worse off than you.” The truth is, I am thankful. [...]
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On Halloween
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by admin.
I’m not a big fan of Halloween. Tiny people in equally tiny costumes: darling. Various pronunciations of “twick o tweet:” not to be missed. It’s just one of those holidays that requires entirely too much work. Besides, all those clever people who embrace Halloween full throttle put me in last place [...]
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On Kindergarten
Posted on 30. Aug, 2009 by admin.
The 2009 back-to-school season marks the exceedingly noteworthy occasion of our first-born son Jack heading off into the very big world of Kindergarten. I have many friends for whom this rite of passage has inspired a faucet of tears and considerable emotions run amuck — joy, sadness, anxiety — all scrambled up in the hard [...]
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On Laundry
Posted on 30. Jul, 2009 by admin.
To most, laundry is simply a mundane chore, a necessary evil — and for those of us with children, a mind-boggling lesson in futility. But somewhere along the line, I realized that my darks, lights, and delicates have also served as a metaphor for my life. And no matter what stage of my [...]
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On the Name Game
Posted on 30. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Last week, a friend who is “expecting” called to vent about a conversation she had with her husband. In the course of their dialogue, she expressed that if the baby is a boy, she’d like to name him Sebastian. Her husband’s response was an emphatic “No.” Well, actually, I believe his specific words were, “Uh, [...]
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vs. Facebook
Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by admin.
About a year ago, a friend of mine asked me if I’d joined Facebook yet. “Yet”— as if I was just putting off the inevitable. And about a year ago I remember saying something snarky like, “Do I look like I’m still in college?” I said that only to quickly discover that Facebook [...]
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On Mother’s Day
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.
Like so many children, I spent year after year and countless hours making awkward crafts and coming up with new and improved ways to “pamper” my Mom each Mother’s Day, when all the while I had no idea it could have been so simple: leave the poor woman alone! Of course at the [...]
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On Spring Cleaning
Posted on 29. Mar, 2009 by admin.
As the winter gloom lifts, the Dogwoods get their fifteen minutes, and everyone is reminded that they actually have neighbors, a ritual of another kind begins: spring cleaning. For me, it’s a little like therapy – a clean sweep of all my bad decisions, overzealous purchases, and an altogether healthy exercise in letting go. This [...]
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Lessons in Futility
Posted on 01. Mar, 2009 by admin.
So I live in a house with three boys —which is ironic to say the least since I spent the majority of my career as a communications specialist. It’s like God’s playing some gigantic, humbling joke at my expense. “An expert, huh? Here’s a husband and two sons – see what you [...]
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On Birthdays
Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by admin.
When it comes to birthdays, I have one word for you. Outsource. I’m old enough to remember when this concept first became the biggest buzz ever to hit the business world. At the time, I neither knew nor cared about why I should pay attention. But today, the very idea I once considered [...]
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On Resolutions
Posted on 02. Jan, 2009 by admin.
I have this recurring nightmare that the hosts from “What Not to Wear” are lurking behind every corner I pass just waiting to drag me into the car as it burns skid marks onto the street as it speeds back to their studios. Once inside, they fall all over themselves trying to figure out which [...]
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On Christmas Cards
Posted on 28. Nov, 2008 by admin.
hristmas Cards. Just the mere mention of the phrase has the little hairs on my neck doing their best tiny soldier impression. I literally start to panic sometime toward the end of summer. I suddenly find myself desperate to find a beach, and crisp linen shirts and to bribe my boys to hold [...]
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…..on Traditions
Posted on 26. Oct, 2008 by admin.
I can’t help but laugh as I thumb through the truckloads of catalogs that find their way into our mailbox this time of year. I especially get a kick out of retailers like Pottery Barn Kids who portray the darling —and let’s face it, they ARE darling —place settings, Turkey headbands and themed utensils amid [...]
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