Posts Tagged ‘children’


Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
I love the smell of soccer field in the morning.

I love the smell of soccer field in the morning.

Magazine editors always want me to end sweet. That’s why the original ending for yesterday’s “What I Miss Most…”  post here on MommaBlog was “…having an entire day without kids – and not missing them terribly!”

Barf.

I guess it’s their way of atoning for letting me rake motherhood across the coals. Yet every once in a while, I wonder if they’re right. (more…)

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I Don’t Miss the Playground.

Monday, September 28th, 2009
I didn't sit down for a good six years.

I didn't sit down for a good six years.

We were passing by the community playground on Saturday when a dark thought hit me: I don’t miss that at all. It was so unexpected, it actually made me catch my breath. (more…)

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