Last night at bedtime my son wanted to give me a kiss on the lips. He grabbed my face and dove in, lips pursed, a maniacal expression on his face. “No way!” I screeched in alarm, turning my face away and pinning down his octopus hands. “Why not, mommy?” He gave me his best Cute [...]

After reading Mommy Confessions Michelle Wolfson’s lists of “Things I Could Do Before I Had Kids That I Can’t Do Now” and “Things I Can Do Now That I Couldn’t Do Before I Became a Mom”, I decided to take her up on her invitation and create my own. So here they are… Things I [...]

My son had his first legitimate beef with me last weekend. Don’t get me wrong, he has boldly proclaimed, “I’m mad”, when I’ve given him a timeout or told him he couldn’t watch TV, but this was the first time that he had a real case against me. My husband had taken him to his [...]

I’d really like a report card. I’d love a quarterly review. I’d do almost anything for a tiny bit of FEEDBACK. I just want someone with a little authority to tell me if I am, or if I am not, doing a good job as a mom. And my husband doesn’t count.

I’m aging and it’s happening faster than I expected. First it was subtle, like the increasingly obvious silence between me and my rotating batch of hairdressers whom I suddenly had nothing in common with. Where we used to exchange stories of our similar weekend adventures, my attempt at discussing the newest offering from Disney Channel [...]

On my nightstand sit two books – Twilight and Waiting for Birdy. One is the star-crossed romance between a vampire and a mortal; the other is a personal memoir of a “year of frantic tedium, neurotic angst, and the wild magic of growing a family”. (Book review on the latter to come soon.) Two vastly [...]

I absolutely love this song! It’s everything a mom says in a day condensed into 2 1/2 minutes and set to music (William Tell Overture). One phrase I find myself saying a lot lately is, “Because I said so.” I never thought I would resort to this conversation stopper. I always figured I’d explain lovingly [...]

I think I’m becoming obsessed with Angelina Jolie. First off, she snagged the man I was supposed to marry: Brad Pitt. I settled on Brad after John F. Kennedy, Jr., died in a tragic plane accident. My second choice was George Clooney but then he turned into a misogynist kid-hater. So that’s how I ended [...]