I'm a kid who never thought she'd be married or a mom.
Now I'm both.
And that's just fine with me.
Oh, I talk a good game. In conversations with friends, teachers, and family, I focus on the wholesome, positive things I do as a mom, but the truth is, I can do better.
This isn’t a putdown. It’s the truth.
I know I’m not doing my best. As my daughter told me the other day, “Whenever […]
1) Popularity isn’t worth it.
If I have any regret in my life, it’s that I spent so much time and worked so hard to be popular. It consumed me. In fact, I have a whole section in my adolescent diary devoted to “How to Be Popular.” (An especially lame, but earnest tip was “Take Shower […]
Creativity is a value in my home. I foster, nurture, and develop the creative urge in my children every day (quite possibly to ward off any chance that they will languish uncreatively in soulless jobs as I many people I know have done.)
I firmly believe that we are all creative. I also believe that if […]
