Category Archives: It’s All About Me

The Part of Parenting We Don’t Talk About

Posted on October 27, 2013 by mama one to three

(This post was written for and originally published on WhatToExpect.com with the title “The Part of Parenting We’re Too Embarrassed to Talk About.”) Occasionally a post circulates the Internet in which the author describes witnessing a mother in the midst of a public … Continue reading →

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When You Least Expect

Posted on October 12, 2013 by mama one to three

I sat in the playground this afternoon while Henry and Molly played, reading a new parenting book. The methods and message of the book contrast greatly with how I have been parenting. And that is the point of my reading this … Continue reading →

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Variations on a Theme: Summer

Posted on July 25, 2013 by mama one to three

“Thank you my life long afternoon…” From Variation on a Theme by W.S. Merwin “Forgive me. I simply do not know what I am doing.” From Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams by Kenneth Koch Summer’s great, right? Ah, … Continue reading →

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Have You Ever Been Happy?

Posted on July 20, 2013 by mama one to three

I would not say I am a happy person. By nature or by defect, I am often depressed and moody. And it is by knowing the darkness that I can experience its absence with pure appreciation. There is an almost … Continue reading →

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5 Lists for People Who Need to Feel Included Among People Who Have Lists

Posted on April 23, 2013 by mama one to three

5 Things I Say Way Too Often Do you need to go pee pee? Do you need to go pee pee? Do you need to go pee pee? Enough with the fucking Band Aids already. Is that pee pee? 5 … Continue reading →

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Thank You for Showing Me

Posted on April 18, 2013 by mama one to three

I want to talk about these Dove commercials that everyone is going crazy about. Or maybe it’s one commercial. I don’t know because I don’t watch a lot of television. (Oh my god RIGHT?! I mean, I don’t watch a … Continue reading →

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Sometimes, Always, Never

Posted on March 22, 2013 by mama one to three

This is the rule that applies to men’s three-button suit jackets. It is the one thing I remember from when my husband and I were getting married in March 2005. More than our vows, the lovely cards we received from … Continue reading →

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The Options

Posted on January 4, 2013 by mama one to three

Tonight I have been thinking of women I know and like. Some are fighting cancer, several are going through a life-changing heartbreak, and one recovering from major, major surgery. And each is hardly complaining, although each could be shouting from … Continue reading →

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The Deal We Get

Posted on December 26, 2012 by mama one to three

Before long we learn, in this life, that we are not here forever. We learn through the changing of seasons, the loss of our pets in childhood, the death of a loved one. We get no guarantee of numbers. So … Continue reading →

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It Is Too Much With Us

Posted on December 16, 2012 by mama one to three

William Wordsworth wrote his sonnet, The World Is Too Much With Us, in 1802 out of anger with the increased materialism of his time. While the frustration is of a different source and of a different moment, it was a … Continue reading →

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