Oh “It’s just like riding a bike,” huh? Really? REALLY!? Both of my kids are learning to ride bikes right now. Jack is on a balance bike and Norah is rocking a tricycle. I’m all for getting them onto their various modes of fresh air transportation and seeing them embrace their independence. There is…
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100 Posts and The Reason I’ll Never Be a Knee Model
My mom HATES this story. And as a parent now I get why she hates it. She was going above and beyond as a mother; I was being kind of clumsy, and then I proceed to blame her for my inability to be a knee model and bring it up on semi annual basis for…
What the Spice Girls Taught Me About Parenting Toddlers
TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU REALLY, REALLY WANT This morning at 4:30 am I finally realized what the Spice Girls song “Wannabe” is really all about. And this epiphany, along with the fact that I was up with my 1 year old who had lost ALL of her chill and was flailing about…
The Matchbook Urn: A Family Love Story
Every family has one. Okay maybe you don’t have a matchbook urn specifically, but you have something weird that your family has just accepted as truth. A wonky toilet that won’t flush unless you jiggle the handle just right. A squeaky stair that everyone just skips over at this point. A family recipe for a…
A Farewell to AIM: Thanks for the Memories, AOL Instant Messenger!
It’s the end of an era. An era that truthfully I didn’t realize was still going on until last week, but still the end of an era. AOL Instant Messenger, affectionately, AIM, will be shutting down on December 15, 2017. The articles I read about AIM’s final days kindly reminded me that I am getting…