Parenting

Which is more difficult?

January 9, 2009

Note: this post has to do with motherhood. This Momversation is a discussion about which is harder: being a mom or being a wife. Dooce, having experienced post-partum depression, says that marriage was much easier, and she shares many good reasons why. She votes for Motherhood as the more difficult. Finslippy says (among other things) [...]

Perfect Moment Monday: sweet surrender

December 8, 2008

Perfect Moment Monday is more about noticing a perfect moment than about creating one. Perfect moments are just waiting to be observed, and can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between. We gather here once a week to engage in mindfulness about something that is right with our world, if only for a, well, [...]

Cruel to be kind

November 14, 2008

(Children mentioned. Originally posted at Mile High Mamas.) If my son forgets to wear a coat on a chilly October day, he experiences cold. If my daughter forgets to bring the lunch I pack for her, she experiences hunger. Neither experience will cause lasting damage. In fact, my hope is that such lessons will leave [...]

Love Thursday: the day I earned my Mom badge

November 6, 2008

I have loved Tessa from the the moment I knew of her existence, but the lovin’ wasn’t proven until she was about 3 months old. Roger had a conference in Costa Rica one summer, and I didn’t want to miss the chance to travel with him. So we recruited two babysitters — the kind who [...]

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