>Dear Bruiser, It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating your second birthday. I remember thinking you were so big and so cute. How could you possibly get any bigger? Or cuter? Well, you’ve managed to do both. What a year two has been for you! You may have had a thing for Dora, and […]
March 15, 2010
> This column originally appeared in the Nashville Scene. It is an argument between husband and wife that has played out thousands of times in suburban homes across the country — mine included. “Come on Lindsay,” my husband said sternly. “It’s time to face facts. We have kids. Four kids. We need to put them […]
March 12, 2010
A NOTE ABOUT THIS POST: As I was preparing to write this post last week, I wondered to myself what Julie tells her girls when they ask about death. (Julie is a mother I respect and adore. She is also an atheist.) Then I thought of an amazing conversation I had recently at our Cheeseburgher […]
March 11, 2010
>It’s a known fact that no mother has ever been able to resist the urge to brag about her child- and I’m absolutely certain it has been this way since the dawn of time. “My Ooga already draw horses in cave!” I can imagine one Cro-Magnon mom telling another. “Your Unga draw stick figure. My […]
March 8, 2010
> This column originally appeared in the Nashville Scene. I like to eavesdrop. This news probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise, since many of my columns are based at least in part on the interactions of people around me. I believe nosiness is the hallmark of a good writer. So when I listen […]
March 5, 2010
> Once upon a time, I started a blog. I started a blog without ever having heard of the term ‘mommyblogger,’ without any hope of sponsorships or advertising revenue or free products. I started a blog so that I could write down the stories of my life as a mother and a 30-something-year-old woman. I […]
March 2, 2010
>While I was away in Houston, my husband was left in charge of caring for a 16-year-old, a five-year-old, and a two-year-old. The 16-year-old pretty much takes care of herself. The 5 and 2-year-olds? Not so much. Anyone who’s left their kids with their husband for a few days knows that the prospect is a […]
March 1, 2010
> This column originally appeared in the Nashville Scene. I started feeling the parenting pressure even before my daughter was born.”So which preschools are you looking at?” a friend asked at a party after commenting on the size of my pregnant belly. “Preschools?” I said, confused. “Well, I’m working from home, so we don’t need […]
February 26, 2010
>I was at dinner with a bunch of bloggers Thursday night when a woman with a swingy white bob approached the table and began chatting with everyone. Noting the hair, I turned to the woman beside me and said, “Oooh, I just love Heloise.” I know, I’m so very, very funny, aren’t I? I don’t […]
February 23, 2010
