“You spoil your babies!” My sister burst out, accusing and laughing at the same time. She had tried, to no avail, to hold my seven month old. Matilda was having none of it. My baby will let you hold her for about 30 seconds until she erupts into full blown crying, wailing, tears and all….
Month: August 2017
French Toast For When You’re Feeling Fancy
“What’s for breakfast tomorrow?” My brother asks this question every Friday and Saturday. During the week it’s “what’s for dinner?” For a grown man who is more into fitness and health than anyone I have ever personally known, he sure is food obsessed. “French toast.” I respond, offhand, because I can always throw together some…
Changing the Voices in My Head: Running Through Anxiety
I never had anxiety before I had kids. When I was a kid, I was fearless. I began to get a sense of my mortality in my twenties. “Okay,” I thought, “death is real, and I could die.” But still, I wasn’t going to, not for a long time. Never did I think I would…
Sunday Brunch The Mexican Way: Huevos Con Chorizo
“You cannot put the watermelon in the picture.” My husband says to me. “What? Why? You don’t eat watermelon in Mexico?” I ask, even though I know it’s not true. “Yea we do, but not for breakfast.” “Oh please. We’re in the US, and my readers know I’m a white chick with a Mexican husband.”…
How To Homeschool. Hint: It’s Not School At Home
Disclaimer: The links to books in this essay, like this one, for the Elephant and Piggie book by Mo Willems, redirect you to Amazon.com. If you buy the book, or anything else, through that link, I get a small commission from Amazon for referring you, which means you will be supporting my writing and helping me…
Beef Stew for When The Baby’s Fussy
I don’t let my babies cry. Now, before you get all “oh, what a good mom,” or “whatever bitch, like you’re so much better than those of us who let our babies cry,” it’s not what you think. Of course I sympathize with their needs, and I want to be a good mom, and I…
Chicken Mozzarella Penne Fast and Easy so You Can Do All the Other Things
I love food. There, I said it. I love food with a passion unseen before in the halls of time. I take longer to eat than anyone I’ve ever met, usually because I am savoring my food. ( I also talk a lot during meals.) I make a freaking loaded salad to take to the…
For the Children: Insisting on Moral Capitalism
Today, more than ever before, we must insist that our businesses, the ones making money off of us, treat us like humans. We must ask questions, challenge standard practices, raise our voices and/or withhold our money. If we are marching forward, willingly or otherwise, into an even more extreme form of capitalism (and we certainly…
Five “Selfish” Reasons You Should Stay Home When Your Kid Is Sick
It started last night: “mama, I have a sore throat.” This is a sign that my five year old has an impending cold and plans on staying down for at least a day. Sure enough, when I went into her room this morning, there were tissues scattered on her bedroom floor from the numerous times…
Open Your Heart: How to Stay (Mostly) Good in a (Sometimes) Bad World
About two months ago, I had an epiphany that essentially led to the launching of this website. I wanted to live a good life, only a good life, all the time. I wanted to not pay rent to people who see me as a means of income only, not a member of a community, not…