My bed feels so warm and comfortable. I feel my husband's leg on mine and realize there are no children in our bed. I take a deep breath. I'm so tired that I keep slipping in and out of sleep, hearing the noises that are going on in the rest of the house without the supervision of mom and dad.I think about cuddling with my husband and would if I could only manage to move my … [Read more...]
From the Beginning
I still remember the bus ride to work the day I found out I was pregnant with our first child, Tom. We'd just moved from Manhattan to Queens, so I was now taking a commuter bus into my job as an assistant in a venture capital firm. I spent the whole 45-minute trip obsessing on the fact that we didn't have life insurance on my husband.For the life of me, I couldn't understand … [Read more...]
My dishwasher’s possessed!: It’s A Swap!
My dishwasher's possessed!: It's A Swap!: This week the dishwasher and I are doing something a little bit different. We are doing a swap with another site: Shenk It Up! I don't rem... … [Read more...]
It’s A Swap!
This week the dishwasher and I are doing something a little bit different. We are doing a swap with another site: Shenk It Up! I don't remember who found whose site first, but as soon as I started reading Shenk It Up, I was hooked. Nate's writing never fails to make me laugh and make me think, two things this harried mom loves to do. Nate and I thought it would be fun if … [Read more...]
Bedtime Stories
The other morning my husband and I were just waking up in our bed, cozy and warm. "Do you realize that this Valentine's Day it will be 20 years since we got engaged?" I smiled as Joe said this. Then I felt a hand reach out to me. It would have been romantic if the hand was Joe's. But the hand in my face belonged to our sound-asleep six-year-old, Peter. I don't remember him … [Read more...]