by Amy | Apr 9, 2020 | My Family, Parenthood, Siblings
Evite just contacted everyone in my daughter’s preschool class to remind them about her 5th birthday party. Oops. Looks like amid all the homeschooling, short order cooking, Zoom meetings and toilet paper hoarding, I forgot to cancel the event. Not only had we already...
by Amy | Dec 2, 2019 | My Family, Parenthood, Siblings
I don’t recall my mother losing her temper much when I was growing up. I do remember her looking skyward and sighing, “When you’re a mother, you’ll understand.” Now that I have two little handfuls of my own who push me past my breaking point on a regular basis, I more...
by Amy | Jun 10, 2019 | My Family, Raising Girls, Siblings
It kills me that my little brother lives on the opposite coast. Each of us has two young daughters, so in a perfect world, they’d be growing up together, playing on teams, throwing fabulous tea parties and swapping sleepovers. Instead, we rely on Facetime and...
by Amy | Mar 1, 2018 | My Family, Parenthood, Siblings
As every parent with two or more children knows, the fantasy of siblings can be very different from the reality. You dream that they’ll be best buddies who always play together, yet it seems like you spend most of your day begging them to stop poking each other in the...
by Amy | May 23, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood, Siblings
I think 89% of you read this already via social media, but I liked this post and wanted to make sure it got to the anti-Facebook crowd. You should see me with the baby. I kiss and cuddle, hold and rock, murmur and nuzzle. Every interaction with her is sweetness and...
by Amy | Mar 14, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood, Siblings
I know every mom out there is tired, but I think I could take you right now in an exhaustion contest. That’s because my average parenting day is nearly 17 hours long. I blame the time zones. See, our family of four lives together on the west coast, but my...
