by Amy | Apr 20, 2017 | My Family, Parenthood
If you’d met me before I became I mom, you would have been impressed. Not only had I earned a masters degree and become the boss at my job, but I wore stylish outfits and blow dried my hair every time I took a shower, which was daily. I really had it going on. So when...
by Amy | Mar 6, 2017 | My Family, Raising Girls, Vanity
Throughout grade school, I was the second shortest kid in my class. The shortest kid was an actual little person, yet I remember her being way more confident in her stature than I was. I hated being short. It made me feel powerless and insignificant. I hated being at...
by Amy | Jan 3, 2017 | List, My Family, Parenthood, Travel
Everybody loves a 1-year-old, unless of course they’re on an airplane with one. I remember my Mommy & Me class leader telling us that from age 1 to 2.5, we should make all faraway friends and relatives come to us and avoid flying altogether. So when the invitation...
by Amy | Dec 5, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood
My husband and I have a long-standing disagreement: I’m madly in love with babies. He wishes our kids could be born at 2-years-old. Maybe it’s a woman thing, but how can anyone not be obsessed with babies? Sniffing their fuzzy duckling heads while they snuggle...
by Amy | Sep 19, 2016 | Couplehood, My Family
Dear Husband, I’m not trying to pick a fight, but there’s something you’ve been doing for a while now that really gets on my nerves, so I need to say something… You’ve been getting hotter. And it’s a problem. When we first got together seven years ago, you and I...