Tag Archives: SAHD

i think i’m alone now

At the end of this week, my three-and-a-half-year-old babygirl will have been a preschooler for an entire month. Her big sister’s already been a full-fledged third grader for a month. And they’re both loving it—let’s get that out of the … Continue reading

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training days

The project of the summer: potty training The Button, who turned three-and-a-half in July. Yeah. When her older sister The Pumpkin turned two, I went back to work outside the home for the first time since before she was born. … Continue reading

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naptime

Today I took a nap. And it was good. I like to take naps. If I could take a nap every day, I would. I don’t know what it is about taking care of children that is so draining. I … Continue reading

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guilt by association

It’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m sitting here at the local indie coffeehouse trying to write. Even that formulation should tell you something about where my head’s at, since, as a writer friend of mine told me, “Write or write not. … Continue reading

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