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“Daddy, can we give Mommy her present now? Please…” My three-year-old son, Nathan, begged. He looked at me and sing-songed, “You’re gonna like your present.” My husband Eric grinned. “All right, Nathan, go get your brothers and sisters. We’ll let Mommy open her present.” Nine-year-old Julia came downstairs first. “Mommy, we made you a list [...]

I’m always looking for the next big thing. In organizational tools, that is. I’m a sucker for containers that will supposedly organize my stuff. I love to buy school supplies that I think might help me become more organized so I can get more writing done. (Recently I found a purse-size notebook with a pen [...]

“Oh, Honey, I’m so sorry,” my sister said, hugging me. “We’re all still in shock.” She was in shock? I was the one whose marriage had just fallen apart. I was in my parents’ basement, trying to survive our first family gathering since my not-so-happy announcement. More hugs. More sympathetic looks. I knew they meant [...]

“Cassie gave me some of our mail today,” my 13-year-old daughter, Lea, said as she handed me an envelope. “Thank you, Honey,” I said. “And tell Cassie and her mom I said thanks.” “I don’t know why they keep getting our mail,” Lea said. “I mean, I know we have the same house number, but [...]

“Is my secret word a fork?” Jordan asked. “Yes! You got it! You won!” Both of his sisters yelled. My children were sitting at the kitchen table, playing a game. They had taken a stack of index cards and written a secret word on each one. Without looking at the word on the card, they [...]

It was Tuesday morning, and we had just returned home from vacation the night before. My husband and I had taken our five children down to Florida for ten days. We had a wonderful time, but now, it was time to get back to real life. I was already feeling overwhelmed, and it was no [...]

“We gotta fill my bucket all the way up to the top, Mommy,” my three-year-old son Nathan said. He was standing on the beach, holding a green sand bucket and wearing Thomas the Train swim trunks. “OK, Buddy, let’s fill it up,” I said, plopping down in the sand and starting to dig. He knelt [...]

I’m not much of a joiner. Although I consider myself very outgoing, (read: I talk too much) I don’t get involved in many activities without some persuasion. Some not-so-gentle persuasion. My daughters take gymnastics for an hour each week. So every Monday evening, I sit in the waiting area with the other moms while the [...]

“Mom, I’ve got good news and bad news,” my 12-year-old son, Jordan, said one afternoon. “The good news is that track practice starts tomorrow. The bad news is that I need a physical exam before then.” I sighed. “Really, Bud? You’re actually giving me like an hour’s notice that you need to go to the [...]

• You are currently lobbying any local, state or federal government official in the hopes of passing a bill which would outlaw the use of hot wax to remove body hair. The aforementioned bill would include extraneous eyebrow hair, hair in the bikini area and any and all leg hair. The bill would not pertain [...]