Tag: Mothers

I’ve told my 12-year-old that he can call me at work — if it’s important. Well, apparently I should’ve been more specific, because this is one of the calls I got this week: “Mom, will you look at this hat online real quick? It’s really cool and it’s on...

Has it really been a week since I’ve blogged? Why am I choosing to watch Dora the Explorer when I am the only one home? Why have I allowed a stray puppy the size of a small grizzly to stay in my home for the past two weeks? And...

Or “Why Are My Kids Still Up at 10:05 on a School Night?” Before you become a mom, you dream about how it will be. What you will do… what sweet things your kids will whisper in your ear… what words of wisdom you will pass on to your...

After Boys #1 and #2 were born, I went back to working full-time. For a year and a half, I even left my house at 5:00 am so I could drive an hour and start working at 6:00. That way I could get off at 3:00 and be home...

I hate missing my kids’ activities, as all us moms do. Sunday was one of those days when I had committed to helping my Bible study group cook and serve a meal at church but had to miss Boy #1’s baseball scrimmage to do so. After serving the meal,...