The first time I looked at him, he was grayish and wasn't doing his one job very well.
Our first baby needed extra oxygen and a short stay in the NICU before coming home to live with us, his under-pr…
It is the best of times to be female and it is a lousy time to be female.
But mostly the best, with only a trace of lousy.
As everyone attempts to define women, decide their rankings and judge t…
He turned his melty brown eyes to look at me as he confessed the saddest moment of his day. A kid in his class had done the unthinkable. They had called him a baby.
I tried to pull off a …
I'm tempted to think it is because I am an unemotional, cold-hearted jerk.
Maybe you are tempted to think it is because I never carried him in my belly and my attachment is not as strong.…
Whether our kids are in favor or not, most of us are waving goodby to a carefree summer. Schedule and routine are about to become the norm again. (This is me high-fiving you for surviving another summ…
My kids struggle with changing their undies and their sheets, much less the globe.
Two of them are currently grounded from the X-box, one of them is in the throes of The Terrible Fours, and the res…
Growing up, I watched him open Father's Day cards like a classic North American dad and I told him I loved him on a weekly/monthly basis. Probably. If you don't count a few of the teen years.
I did…
The van ride was warm and bumpy but at least we had no air conditioning whatsoever. The kids fiddled with our camera, taking videos of shanties and clothes drying on bushes until the tiny to…
Nicknames are a sign of affection and most of mine have a few that have come and gone over the years.
But one kid in particular has had many, many. And most of them at his own insistence.
When h…
From time to time, the kids in my house behave poorly.
And by time to time, I mean every few seconds. Which is totally endearing and life-giving all at the same time.
The only thing more fru…