Grandparenting: It Isn’t For Everyone
Recently, I’ve been ignoring the love of my life (HGTV) in order to devour The Honest Toddler: A Child’s Guide to Parenting. Between fits of giggles and poking my sleeping husband in the forehead to...
View ArticleDisney Told My Kids to Kill Me
The kids were playing so nicely. No one was using the other as a balance beam, no one was arguing over the “not broken” pretzel. The baby, nursing contentedly, clung to the soft fabric of my shirt with...
View ArticleThis One Time I Took Stuff Without Paying For It…
I was in seventh grade. Maybe eighth. I was having a hard time “finding myself” as I watched those around me submerge, never to be seen again, in the various social cliques of middle school. Preps?...
View ArticleHands
The second I held my son in 2009, my heart was permanently relocated from my chest and stitched to my sleeve, out in the open and vulnerable. This is not unique to me; all mothers will tell you the...
View ArticleBitches, Lesbians, Teen Mothers: The Inspiration Behind Some of Pittsburgh’s...
July 29, 2006 July 26, 2009 May 9, 2011 April 14, 2014 May 8, 2015 Those are the dates that changed my life, the way I define myself as a woman. I will forever remember those days as the ones that...
View ArticleThings They Don’t Tell You When Your Kid Is Sick
“The only thing she’s got going for her is her looks!” I joke because that’s my public coping mechanism. Privately, I worry and get angry and lash out. I’m no picnic to live with right now, lemme tell...
View ArticleDoes This Confidence Make My Butt Look Big?
The fam and I made our annual trek to the beach last week, and the weather, unlike last year’s chilly and windy BS, was glorious. The kids had a blast splashing in the surf, digging to China, and...
View ArticleAdvice From An Educator: High School Isn’t Real
High school graduates have their whole lives in front of them to go where they want, choose their own path. As long as that path leads them to a baseball game, they'll learn everything they need to...
View ArticleSmall Favors
I’m late a lot. Running behind schedule, rushing out the door late. I like to blame my children, but it’s mostly my fault. Or my husband’s. He does dumb stuff when we should be leaving the house. When...
View ArticleLoving the Mom in Me
One woman's life story as told by her underwear. If these panties could talk... The post Loving the Mom in Me appeared first on WhenCrazyMeetsExhaustion.
View ArticleWhy Every Husband & Father Should See Pixar’s Inside Out
Pixar's animated movie Inside Out made my husband a better father. Truth! The post Why Every Husband & Father Should See Pixar’s Inside Out appeared first on WhenCrazyMeetsExhaustion.
View ArticleOne to Two Almost Killed Us
Many parents say the transition from none to one was the hardest, but I maintain going from one to two kids is the biggest game changer. Everyone is so excited for that first kid! Grandparents crawl...
View ArticleChanging of the Guard
The cold air lifted and the clouds parted, casting a warm glow of sunshine on the new blossoms below. I drove down the familiar road to find that with the bitter snows, a neighbor’s Brittany Spaniel...
View ArticleYou Can’t Live Up To the Hype So Stop Trying
5 Ways to Stop Yelling At Your Kids! Cherish Every Moment! Make Her Birthday the BEST EVER! We'll never live up to the parenting articles, so let's stop trying. The post You Can’t Live Up To the Hype...
View ArticleAnd I Was So Excited When They Learned To Talk…
It’s not that I set out to intentionally make those around me uncomfortable. I just do it. The problem has been pinpointed (I’ve no filter and say what others only think) and named: I believe the...
View ArticleDon’t Monday Morning Quarterback Me
There are days that feel like the big game is resting squarely on my sore shoulders. I’m the quarterback, the clock is running out, and gigantic dudes who get paid to lay me out are snarling threats...
View ArticleWhen Your Kid Drops An F-Bomb
He danced in the fresh air, arms stretched upward to the spring sunshine, elated to be outdoors with his favorite person: me. My four-year-old relished our one-on-one time; when his younger sister...
View ArticleKiss and Go
At my son’s Kindergarten orientation, the principal put a name to the thing I’ve reluctantly been doing for the past three years: in order for my kid to be successful in independent endeavors, I’ve had...
View ArticleTo Thine Own Self Be Shoe.
While chasing our toddlers from the onslaught of crashing waves, my husband casually remarked how footprints in the sand are here one minute and gone the next, erased forever by the gritty salt water....
View ArticleDaddy Eye Candy
Before I was betrothed to Zach, I used to look for a certain “something” in potential suitors: a nice smile, kind eyes, and I’ve always loved a man in a watch. What? It’s my fantasy, lay off. If you...
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