This is my life. Always stretched between two extremes. It seems to be full of drastic differences lately. Someone asks me, “How are you doing?” And I reply, “I could say good...."
A great place to start
1Mom-myopic
2How about just being honest?
3Posted by Rebecca
A great place to start
This is my life. Always stretched between two extremes. It seems to be full of drastic differences lately. Someone asks me, “How are you doing?” And I reply, “I could say good. That’s what everyone says. Are you asking because you really want to know? Or just to be polite? I’m not sure how to answer. If you don’t really care, I’ll just say Good and leave it at that....
Read MorePosted by Shawna
Mom-myopic
Once you become a mom, it’s crazy how quickly your viewpoint on everything changes. Suddenly, you see the world through mommy-vision. I don’t just mean how this troubled world suddenly comes into sharp focus as you realize your little ones will have to live in it. Or even how you suddenly can relate more to all mothers, especially your own, and how you’re a little...
Read MorePosted by Rebecca
How about just being honest?
I can only describe my first year as a Mother as feeling like I was slowly...
Posted by Shawna
My Christmas story
Quinn is such a little sponge right now, and she is sucking up everything...
Posted by Shawna
Toddler Jekyll, Toddler Hyde
It’s crazy how much being two is like being a werewolf. My sweet,...
Posted by Beth
Ten tips for two under 2
One of my friends recently had her second baby, joining the ranks of mamas...
Posted by Shawna
Ruby’s birth story
Editor’s Note: I wrote this about two days after Ruby was born, on June...
Posted by Shawna
Bigger kids, bigger problems . . .
With my oldest daughter approaching 2.5, life as a mommy is getting scarier....
Posted by Rebecca
Mom in the mirror
Some days I look in the mirror and I like who I see. Some days let’s...
Posted by Aurelie
The birth plan
On the day my son turned 4 months old, a good friend of mine had a post-dates...
Posted by Rebecca
A lot like my mother
Recently I was at a dinner date with a girlfriend and we were talking about...
Posted by Emma
All or nothing is dumb
We all know there are only two kinds of moms, right? There are moms...
Posted by Christine
Realities of cloth diapering
As I prepared for the arrival of our first baby, my mom, a pediatrician,...
Posted by Rebecca
Part two, the reunion
taking pictures I wrote previously about leaving my son to go on a business...




