Breathing Space

 "I Look Down on Young Women with Husbands and Kids and I'm not Sorry".  Do people really think that a stay at home mom is r...

 When life gives you snow in the South, and you will probably not see snow for the next four years, and your husband still did not make it h...

I've got an assistant. I am still undertaking too much. 4 yo got her shots today and was very unhappy about it. When I got home, I ha...

On Tuesday, I had a whole grand plan for the day laid out. Both boys chose to start with math. 9 yo was in the throes of long division. He d...

The most recent story that seems to get posted time and again is a story  about dolphins, stuck in a Japanese harbor, awaiting slaughter. Mo...

Friday morning. 9 yo is reading on the couch about the Battle of Gettysburg. He is excitedly telling me who was where and what they did, and...

Today was such a good day, that it would be a disservice not to share it. There were almost tantrums, and almost meltdowns, and, as I am typ...