Fleeting Moments

It was during the car ride home from school last week that I found myself readjusting my rear view mirror at that perfect angle so I could meet two sets of little eyes in the back seat, while also keeping half an eyeball on the traffic behind us. Our conversation had...

Mama’s Crazymakers

I love my children. But just like when getting married you could never have known all the wonderful, interesting, and quirky things about your mate, so it is with having kids. There may have been moms who told me stories to this effect prior to having children…but if...

Bleeding Blue Facebook Blood

When unfair accusations are spewed across the universe of social media, I long to hit back, to defend myself and others emphatically in that very public forum. And isn’t this our normal, human reaction? To hit back? To defend? To respond to anger in kind?...

Motherhood is More Than My Job

I love having Siri do things for me. She texts for me, gets directions, and usually does a fine job with it all. After she did what I asked the other day, I told her “thank you!” And she responded, “I’m just doing my job.” That got me...