Raising a teen is often likened to riding a rollercoaster, but that may be an understatement. I charted the emotions that came with parenting for a few days. It was a lot.
Having volunteered with Shot@Life for the past several years, I know it’s possible that we may eradicate polio in our lifetime.
Mom radar is real and it’s freaking me out. I swear my child has some sixth sense that tells her when I look too comfortable because she wakes up EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
I waited. I didn’t call her out on her lie. I just cocked my head a little, looked her back straight in the eye and waited for her to blink.
The lessons from our Founding Fathers in Hamilton: An American Musical are remarkably applicable to today, and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s lyrics are genius.
I wanted Keri to have kids. Now. This very second. And for her kids to have the exact same napping schedule as mine.
Five more minutes has forever been the lament of my son. It started with bedtimes when he was young, and continued through to high school.
When you have a child with significant special needs, your parenting experience is forever altered, and you are changed.
I had been struggling for months―sometimes feeling weak, other times having numbness. The doctor’s couldn’t figure out what was wrong.
I’ve asked myself countless times over my 15 years of parenting, “When the bleep is this going to get easier?”
Raising a teen is often likened to riding a rollercoaster, but that may be an understatement. I charted the emotions that came with parenting for a few days. It was a lot.
Having volunteered with Shot@Life for the past several years, I know it’s possible that we may eradicate polio in our lifetime.
Mom radar is real and it’s freaking me out. I swear my child has some sixth sense that tells her when I look too comfortable because she wakes up EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
I waited. I didn’t call her out on her lie. I just cocked my head a little, looked her back straight in the eye and waited for her to blink.
The lessons from our Founding Fathers in Hamilton: An American Musical are remarkably applicable to today, and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s lyrics are genius.
I wanted Keri to have kids. Now. This very second. And for her kids to have the exact same napping schedule as mine.
Five more minutes has forever been the lament of my son. It started with bedtimes when he was young, and continued through to high school.
When you have a child with significant special needs, your parenting experience is forever altered, and you are changed.
I had been struggling for months―sometimes feeling weak, other times having numbness. The doctor’s couldn’t figure out what was wrong.
I’ve asked myself countless times over my 15 years of parenting, “When the bleep is this going to get easier?”
