The Mom Guilt Club: Monkeys, Beds, and Recovering from Your Own Bad Parenting
My baby fell off the bed and bumped her head. And it wasn’t the first time.There’s this theory you learn about in law school called Res Ipsa loquitor. A Latin phrase, it translates to “the thing...
View ArticleYou mean cooking in the kitchen requires you to actually clean it?
So it turns out that making lobster at home isn’t as difficult as it may sound.It also turns out that you don’t need lobster crackers to actually eat it either. A household hammer does just fine.I may...
View ArticleBlue Moon Baby
Me at 23 and Hercules at 6-months old.On July 31, 2015, the day Hercules died, I cried all day. My eyes were raw, my face as red as a turnip, and my heart depleted, like someone had turned it inside...
View ArticleParenting After: I’m different
I’m different. Odd. Strange. Weird. Not like the rest. The brown egg in a carton of white ones.That’s how child abuse makes you feel, but until Sunday night’s season three finale of Ray Donovan I’d...
View ArticleWill the Cuff keep you safe?
Sometimes I joke that if I could implant my daughter with a microchip like I have my dog, I’d sleep better at night.Just a little GPS chip sown in somewhere, behind her ear, under her armpit, beneath...
View ArticleFrolic Friday
In Carmel Valley, everything is green.The hills.The trees.Our daughter’s desire to explore the outdoors.It all feels new. Like California’s been old and dead for far too long. And now everything’s...
View ArticleThe Hardest Part
It was a typical end of the week afternoon in my backyard when I realized what I dislike most about being a mom.My single best friend had stopped by for a visit. She was attempting to entertain my kids...
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