Excuse the Rant: Parenting Memes

Please. Please. You’re driving me and I’m sure a ton of other women/mothers/breathing people crazy. Yes, in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s you may have drunk from the waters hose (but I’m not lead poisoned!), may have rode without a car seat (and look at me avoiding a traumatic death without applicable gear!), and survived

The sentence every parent needs to hear

The best thing about this sentence is that there is absolutely no judgement, no prejudice on who can receive it. It’s for mothers and fathers, breast feeders and bottle feeders, a parent with one child or suffering from infertility or with seven kids in tow. This sentence can be used for the perpetually happy, for

Announcing…The Day I Watched Flynn Rider and Prince Eric Get Married

This piece, written immediately after my daughter provided me with the inspiration, is posted at Babble. Head over to take a look. My favorite take away is this- “…I watched all of this transpire silently, although I admit, I could barely contain my laughter — or my pride. So far, all my toddler knows about marriage is 1.) you

Top 100 List (and the excitement is borderline ridiculous)

My book When We Named You, Baby Girl is sitting in the top 100 of the ‘new baby’ category on Amazon thanks in part to a Bargain Booksy feature. I can’t tell you how wonderful it feels to be included on a list with the likes of Matthew Cordell’s Wish, Jessica Watson’s Soon, and Nancy

The Birthday Threes

You’re about to turn three. Three! I can’t believe it. Three represents something, something so big. It, to me, means an end to the baby days. It means the beginning of complex thinking, of impulse control, of understanding other people in a deeper, awakening way. It means that the way you see the world is

Reading and Writing

We hear it all the time. Its almost a cliché, but there’s just so much truth to it. “Find your voice.” The issue new writers and even experienced ones can have is both simple and monumental- what is my voice? It makes me think of Anna Kendrick’s character in Pitch Perfect 2. She says, “So