Monthly Archives: June 2016

The Laundress

I swear I live in a frat house. Sometimes I give myself parenting pats on the back. Sleep training? I was a ninja. The day my third and last child was able to wipe her own bottom without assistance? Good parenting day. Deciding that my children who are not Isabella…

SighJUNESigh

JUNE. Amiright? In addition to today being the first day of summer and the longest day of the year — which, incidentally, if you are a girl like me who loves this current heat wave and spends ten months of the year with cold extremities, the longest day of the year…

38 For 38: The Cake One Is Happening Today

My friend came over to bring me the loveliest of gifts. “A gift?” I wondered. A gift?  “For your birthday,” she said. That’s right. I’m 38 now.  It happened and I don’t even remember. How’s *that* for feeling old? The problem with celebrating a birthday on the day you spend…