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Opting Out of Dirty Playground Dates
This was one of my very first blog posts. Since most of you were not here then, I thought I’d share it with you now. I’m still not a big fan of parks and sand-filled playgrounds. But I have become a...
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A New Chapter Begins
There are two quotes that have been hanging on my bulletin board for many years. These phrases are ones that have gone with me to all my jobs and remind me every day what I’m working toward. “The...
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Talking to Your Child About the BIG Stuff
Today’s guest post is written by Leah Prehn from Blurb My Enthusiasm. Besides sharing names, Leah is a friend, blogger, and fellow preschool mom. Her posts are just the right mix of truthfulness and...
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My Fifth Mother’s Day (And Those That Came Before)
This weekend was probably the best Mother’s Day weekend I’ve had in my mere five years of motherhood. It started out with Mother’s Day Shabbat at Sophie’s preschool, was followed by mommy/daughter...
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Hope for My Parenting Future
Lately I feel like I’ve really been struggling with my parenting efforts. Maybe Sophie is going through a stage. Maybe I’m going through a stage. Whatever it is, I feel as if things are not the way...
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What Does That Song Mean?: Explaining 9/11 to Children
Sophie and I love music. We’re always listening to different genres and artists – from country to classical – usually in the car. My inquisitive backseat driver has the habit of asking me, “What is she...
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“Did I Miss Reading Time?”… The Moments That Mean the Most
I wasn’t going to post today. I had no posts planned in my head, or written and edited. Yet here I am at nearly 1 am typing on my blog. I did not plan to write about the unspeakable tragedy that...
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Déjà Vu All-Over Again: Parenting and Childhood Memories
One of the hardest parts of parenthood is how your child’s problems can so often cause your own childhood emotions and memories to float to the surface. I experienced this myself a few weeks ago when...
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Live Lobsters and Hail: The Simple Things in Life
About a month ago, Sophie and I were in the grocery store looking for that evening’s dinner. It had been a long day for both of us, was very cold outside (cold for San Diego), I was in no mood to cook,...
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Lately in Motherhood …
Lately in motherhood, I … Made countless chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese dinners. Read The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes to Sophie even though I was tired and didn’t want to read a...
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Welcome Jolina Petersheim, Author of “The Outcast”
Do I have a treat for you today! I am so excited to welcome Jolina Petersheim, author of The Outcast, to my blog today. I first “met” Jolina years ago when we began following each other’s blogs. I knew...
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2 Introverts and 1 Extrovert – Living Together in a House
I am an introvert. I like being an introvert . From a very young age, I craved solitude and found so much joy finding ways to entertain myself with books, playing school, reading, and the like. As a...
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Teaching Kids About Money While Shopping at Target
One of the things I’m facing as a parent right now is teaching Sophie the value of money, how to distinguish between your “wants” and “needs,” and the fact that the bank is not an endless supplier of...
View ArticleThe Moments of Motherhood I Treasure
This past weekend Sophie gave me a card she made. She colored the front and back purple (my favorite color), and on the inside drew a big heart. She wrote one sentence, which she sounded out and...
View ArticleDrawing Her Own Story
A few months ago, Sophie decided she wanted to sell her drawings. As in, the drawing she creates herself. After getting her first glimpse of sales success with lemonade stands last summer, Sophie was...
View ArticleLearning the A, B, C’s of Reading and Writing
I’m convinced that one of the hardest tasks humans have to master is learning how to read and write. As an adult – especially one who writes for a living – I forgot how difficult it is to learn the...
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Teach Your Children Well … Words to Parent By
I’ve been thinking a lot about parenthood lately (the status of being a parent, not the television show). Even though I’ve had so many things to write about, I haven’t been writing about the parenting...
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Accepting the Body I Cannot Change
This is a sensitive topic for me and I hesitated even sharing it as a post. But I remembered this is my personal space, and the place I feel most comfortable sharing my thoughts. And further, it’s a...
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The Ways to Be Happy
Sophie and I have a bedtime tradition. Every night, after her teeth are brushed, pajamas on and she’s tucked in bed, I ask her the same question I’ve been asking since she was very little. What’s your...
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How the Wrong Change Led to a Moment of Childhood Wonder
Every Friday, Sophie’s school sells cups of frozen yogurt for $2.50 when the afternoon bell rings. Last Friday (and like every week before), Sophie wanted to buy herself a frozen yogurt. She pulled $3...
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