by Amy | Nov 21, 2013 | Holidays, My Family
“Hey, you got turkey in my latke!” “Well, you got chocolate gelt in my cranberry sauce.” “Mom!” Get ready for a holiday showdown, because for the first time in 125 years, Thanksgiving and Chanukah are starting on the same day in November. This coincidence of the...
by Amy | Nov 7, 2013 | Babymaking, Infertility, My Family, Parenthood
As a mom, there are a few questions I hate answering: When are you due? Um, never, that bump is left over from the baby who’s now in preschool. When are you going back to work? I don’t know! I’m not ready. Are you planning to have another one? Lady, unless...
by Amy | Nov 5, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
I’m still in bed with a busted back, so Viv and I have been watching a lot of iPad videos together — animated nursery rhymes, mostly. Tonight I showed her “The Farmer in The Dell” — that moldie oldie where the the farmer takes a wife,...
by Amy | Oct 24, 2013 | My Family, Our Situation, Wedding Plans
It’s no secret that my fiancé and I had our daughter out of wedlock. Most people have been cool with it, and I don’t think our child, relationship, or society-at-large have suffered for our jumping the gun. However, I have discovered that there is one serious problem...
by Amy | Oct 20, 2013 | Halloween, Holidays, My Family, Parenthood
As a mom, you look forward to so many firsts: first smile, first word, first “I love you.” First candy binge was not on my list, but it’s coming. It’s coming fast. Last Halloween, I took my almost 2-year-old daughter trick-or-treating for the first time. She was...
