Lab rats. Endangered fish. Cecil the lion. Trees. All of these are protected by concerned people. All of these are fought for. All of these have rights to life. Petitions have been signed and money has been raised and laws have been passed…all in order to preserve something that is precious and valuable in the eyes of […] Read more…
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As I waddle my 9-month pregnant self in and out of stores, I receive any number of various looks… …the look of pity. Because, let’s face it, nothing looks more pitiable than a perspiring pregnant lady pushing a buggy that has 3 young children haphazardly attached to it. In late July. In the Heart of Dixie. […] Read more…
When you hear Fried Green Tomatoes, it may conjure up images of Idgie and Ruth running the old Whistle Stop Café and getting into trouble with the law. And you know, I’m sure their fried tomatoes were just peachy, but nothing compared to the party-on-a-plate I’m about to present to you. There is something about […] Read more…
I am 10,000 months pregnant, which means…well, it means I really, really like Random Food Stops. Our most recent Random Food Stop involved jellybeans. The sour ones that you can buy in bulk out of a bin at The Fresh Market. They were exactly what Baby #4 ordered. However…as perfect and timely and delicious as […] Read more…
Motherhood, especially the “little years,” very very very very often feels like a complex and exhausting game of give-and-take. For one thing to succeed, another thing must be forsaken…(or so it seems.) …The need for your family to have clean clothes trumps the desire to sit down and read a good book. …The time spent […] Read more…
Play dates are the best. I love them because my children get to practice sharing and putting others first. It’s also funny to see the deep appreciation that develops for their own dusty toys now that someone else is playing with them. I also love play dates because, although a little work on the front […] Read more…
Relaxing stresses me out. Seriously! I don’t know how to do it – relax, that is – and when I try…well, I confuse my family around me. Case in point: A couple of weeks ago, my 5-year-old approached me with a big, award-winning, I-did-something-worthy-of-a-sugary-treat kind of smile. He proudly told me that since he knows […] Read more…
If you’ve never seen the movie “Stranger than Fiction”, then you might not appreciate this picture… Stranger Than Fiction: Bouquet of Flours In this scene, Will Ferrell’s character is giving Maggie Gyllenhaal, a woman he’s auditing (and falling in love with), a bouquet of flours. She owns a bakery, so it makes sense, and it’s […] Read more…
We will never know much about each other. We probably won’t even learn each other’s names…if we still even have a name other than ______’s Mommy. But in those 5 or 10 minutes that we are thrown together at the Chick-Fil-A playground, or in the pediatrician’s waiting room, or watching through the mesh as our children jump around […] Read more…