Will write for yarn.
We traveled by car. My grandparents left upstate New York and drove the eleven hours to my home in Virginia, where I waited, impatient and seven years old, for them to pick me up and continue the drive to Florida, to Disney World.
I spent the entire journey reading, so immersed in words already that I [...]
These are the things no one tells you:
The birthing is easy. It brings you to your knees, of course, if you do it right, and I don’t mean without meds because by god – it’s still a rending. It’s a splitting open, a metamorphosis, leaving the shell of your old self behind. You crawl out [...]
I’m referencing a post by my bloggie friend Betty, who inspired this response.
We all feel inept and bumbling when it comes to parenting, but most people are afraid to say it. We pretend we know “the answer” or “the way,” so that we can put our minds at ease that we will turn out people [...]
I love cloth diapers.
I know. What a ridiculous thing to love, right? But if you ask any mama who does it nowadays, she’ll probably tell you the same thing.
Not only are they easy to use (no, really – they are), but they are ridiculously cute! Crazy cute. And who can resist an already adorable tushie [...]
Dear Daughter,
I hope you’ll forgive me for so public a display as this. Maybe you’ll never even see it. If it does what I hope it will, you will instead receive a hand-written letter of apology and remorse from me.
See, I’m so used to typing, it’s hard to sit and write. But maybe this habitual [...]
Ethan, the four year old autistic one? He sometimes acts like he’s a dog.
He flounces around on all fours, barks, and brings stuff to me in his mouth. He even licks me, but that could just be unresolved oral issues.
I humor him, because I think it could be a useful skill at some point. You [...]
“My name is Jennifer, and I’m addicted to comment threads.”
“Hi, Jennifer.”
It started innocently enough.
Or not.
Look, I’m a black hole of need, okay? If some brilliant person wants to throw down the gauntlet and have a little back and forth wordplay, I’m all over it. I live to be clever. I need the affirmation that my [...]
Some time ago, a strange gentleman, obviously not a native English speaker, was kind enough to offer to return to my blog for “Scatalogical Saturday.”
I understand he is indisposed at the moment, but perhaps they have wifi that reaches his cell. I don’t know.
But in honor of his probable return at some future date, I [...]
Last night, I was informed that one of Grandaddy’s cows had gone to a better place. Or not.
Ethan: “One of Grandaddy’s cows died. Um, I mean he went to God. And now he’s in prison.”
Now that’s capital punishment.
Hug your children extra hard today, and be very, very glad that you can.
This sweet girl, daughter of blogger Heather Spohr, passed away yesterday. The March of Dimes works towards healthy births and healthy babies. Help them win the fight by making a donation in Maddie’s name.
Update: Many, many people donated money in Maddie’s name, [...]
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