How much do you love to get unsolicited advice?  Let’s say, on a scale of 1-10.  Do you welcome it, and revel in the sound of other people’s voices telling you everything you have done wrong and how easy it would be to solve your problem if you just listened to their sound advice?  I…

“How will I ever love another baby as much as I love The Professor?” This was the question that plagued me throughout my pregnancy with Huck Finn.  I had this perfect, curious, unbelievably cuddly little boy in my life already.  He was funny and sweet, adventurous and tender, and he had crawled into a little…

“Mommy, Mommy, watch this!” yells Huck Finn, propelling from the couch to the ottoman.  Putting aside for a moment the fact that jumping on the couch is ABSOLUTELY NOT ALLOWED, I’m struck by his ferocious and simple desire to just have me watch him. He wants me to watch him do nearly everything.  If he…

Am I practicing self-acceptance if I still have a desire to look nice? This question popped in my head a week or so ago, when Lancelot and I were doing some work around the house.  Lancelot was putting on an old t-shirt, and commented, “Let’s get comfortable.  It’s not like we have to get dressed…

Some things don’t have a silver lining.  Losing my sister-in-law last month was one of those things.  Losing another beloved family member this month is another one.  Having a personal health crisis this month was yet another example.  Sometimes bad things happen, and the only way to get through them is simply to get through them,…

“Carrie – You are everything to me.  When will you realize you are my soulmate?  I look in the mirror and I can practically see you, because we are so much alike.  I will do anything to be with you.  Always yours, John.” I set aside the old love letter I’ve been reading, and only…

“Hurry, sweetie, we’re going to be late,” I say, the words exiting my mouth at warp speed as I hook a water bottle on my pinkie. I’m already juggling two preschooler’s backpacks, two snack bowls, my phone and my keys. We have to leave NOW in order to make it to school on time, and…