by Amy | Mar 12, 2012 | My Family, Parenthood
I had planned on teaching my daughter good morals and values by example. I wanted to be the kind of parent who counts the change from the hot dog vendor hoping to have received too much just so she can make her kid trudge back and return three pennies. In practice,...
by Amy | Mar 9, 2012 | My Family, Parenthood
My 14-month-old daughter just took her first real, confident strides across the living room. I wasn’t there to see it. That’s ironic since I’m currently a stay-at-home mom and Viv is usually glued to my hip 24/7. But on the occasion of her grand promenade, I was...
by Amy | Mar 7, 2012 | My Family, Our Situation, Wedding Plans
Women are supposed to have been dreaming about their weddings since they were little girls. Not me. I mean, I was going to marry Sean Cassidy, but I never gave a moment’s thought to the big day. In fact, when my neighbor wanted to play “bride,”...
by Amy | Mar 1, 2012 | Babymaking, Couplehood, Giveaways, My Family, Parenthood
When Dave and I were trying for baby #1, the seeds (wink wink) were planted for an essay I wrote called “The Least Sexy Sex” about the pitfalls of procreating. That essay has just been published by Skirt! magazine and you can read it here. Of course now...
by Amy | Feb 26, 2012 | My Family, Parenthood
“She’s so alert,” was the comment we heard most from friends and strangers when they met our new baby girl. It was true – from a very young age, Viv studied everything intently with her beautiful gray-blue eyes, focused and curious. She amazed us. We soon learned...
