Scene: Inside a suburban home. Actors: a mom, 9-year-old son, and 6-year-old daughter -Scene opens- 6-year-old: Mom, your butt is jiggly. 9-year-old: No, it’s not. Mother responds with a look of relief. Secretly, she decides the 9-year-old is her favorite. 9-year-old: It’s not jiggly. It’s flat. Mother is perturbed. She does not have a favorite [Read More]
The Halfway Mom
I usually make fun of myself on this blog. I point out how inane things like my son talking about his butt, or my daughter loving the Disney princesses, reflect back on me as a bad mom. I mean, really, butt talk is NOT classy nor are the princesses the healthiest role models. My husband [Read More]
The Cherub…and the Devil?
photo source Last fall we were blessed to move into a new (bigger!) house. Our old house is a couple miles away and we pass by it every now and then. The other night in the car was one such occasion in which we passed by our old home. My son spotted a statue on [Read More]