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My husband and I both work for schools, so we both have summer vacation off together every year. As if you already don't hate us enough for that kind of set-up, we are true gluttons for continuing to take our child to day care in the summer.

Hold on, hold on, keep the stones in your pockets. He only goes to daycare part-time in the summer, AND I have lots of handy excuses to defend this choice and make it sound like we are brilliant parents.

Handy Excuses to…

I’ve heard some interesting truths about happiness lately. Particularly, happiness in relation to parenting.



Parenthood magazine recently reported that 53% of moms are satisfied with the state of their mental and emotional health.



Only 53% are simply “satisfied.”



I had heard of the statistic before that says people with children are NOT more likely to be happy than people without children. But, I had not yet heard about this:



On an Oprah show about…

Like many mothers, I look back on the infant stage with foggy recollection.  This is not all due to sleep deprivation though.  I feel like my experience as a new mother was also clouded with postpartum depression and anxiety. 

I have judged myself before for how I felt during that time, and there has been shame.  After being able to read so many other blogs that have been beautifully honest about this issue, I feel comfortable in owning my experience as my…

For a few days, we had to fight a good fight while Parker adjusted to The Big Boy Bed.

We have learned that there will be no new idea or change that occurs without some back-lash – kind of like the kick-back after shooting a gun.

Parker would try to hold me down on his bed, not wanting me to leave. He would hang on to me. He would lie on the floor and cry. He would scream, “Mommy, help me!” over and over.

All of this served to rake my emotions…