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 27, 2013 | My Family
The most popular post I ever wrote made fun of my aging back, not once but three times. My back is having its revenge. Here are some of the words doctors used to describe the discs between my vertebrae: Herniated Ruptured Slipped Fragmented Extruded (That last one...
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...
