I sent my brothers an email asking them what their favorite childhood memories are from when we were kids. I didn’t hear anything back so I assumed they were consumed with other things and forgot about it — that was until yesterday. My sister-in-law Kasha sent a card in the mail with answers (brief but [...] [...more]
You may recall I was interviewed by the Bulletin in October 2008 about being a new mother that had returned to work recently. In the article, I had told the reporter my mother was a single mom and I wondered as an adult – “how did she do it?” because I couldn’t ask her today [...] [...more]
It wasn’t until I became a wife and mother that I understood the heartache my mom went through each night to put a hot meal on the table each night. She would usually prepare the meal the night before after we had gone to bed. Before leaving to take us to school and work, she [...] [...more]
It wasn’t until I saw this photo that I believed that my son was starting to look like me: I was telling someone the other day how lucky their child was because they had a tea set growing up because I never had one. Well, I guess that was a lie because I found this [...] [...more]
There are a lot of things I want right now — A brand new TV and Macbook so we can ditch cable and get content off the internet (I guess we can’t now since our tvs don’t have HDMI connections). A new digital camera and a Flip video thiny to capture life in our household. [...] [...more]
I didn’t think 18 month olds could get so excited by such a thing but Lil B is definately into Brobee. Brobee what you say? We’ll let about.com school you … Known as the “little green one,” Brobee is from Fall Tree Land. He is four years old (he turns four in the “Birthday” episode. [...] [...more]
The next morning, I checked under my pillow and there were a few bright shiny quarters under my pillow but not enough to buy a Barbie. [...more]
I was going to make this glorious Thanksgiving feast when my friend told me she's not too into Thanksgiving food - she's gonna make tacos instead. TACOS? Really? [...more]
My mom would roll foam rollers in my hair when I was younger. She wanted me to have curly hair as I got the stick straight hair gene from my dad. [...more]
When you're a new parent, you'll do just about anything to survive that first year. You'll let your baby sleep in the swing until he four months old. You'll fall asleep breast feeding with your baby in your bed just so you get more sleep because you're working full time. You'll let him watch "Yo Gabba Gabba" because dinner isn't gonna magically appear on the table. [...more]
