From The Editor

Saying goodbye to Id.

December 27, 2012

It feels very adult to put down a pet. I’ll get back to that in a minute. But first, your husband wraps the cat in an old beach towel and hands him to you. You tell the kids to say goodbye. (Of course you’ve read all about how to explain death to your 3-year-old. Keep [...]

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A conversation with a 2-year-old.

September 1, 2012

A conversation yesterday, while buckling Elise into her car seat. We had just left the Apple store. It was a frustrating hour-long errand. Tristan was still strapped into the stroller on the sidewalk. Me: Should I get Nay Nay or leave him on the sidewalk? Elise: Leave him on the sidewalk. Me: But who will [...]

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I’m an angry mom. Until I’m not.

August 21, 2012

The next time someone tells me to enjoy my children because they grow up so fast I will punch them in the face. Or, how about this one? When I think about how tough other people have it, I feel better about my life. Yeah, that’s classic. It’s Tuesday at 8:04 p.m. and I’ve just [...]

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CPS/Groupon team up for kids in need

August 5, 2012

Remember that post I wrote over a year ago called I believe in Chicago Public Schools? If you’re a regular reader you know that we bought a home in the city. We’re here to stay. In fact, I joined our neighborhood school’s Local School Council and I’m really excited about what our new administration is [...]

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A guest post: Tristan’s 1st Birthday

August 4, 2012

Nolan is my husband and the father of our two children. He is an attorney and loves reading the newspaper, drinking coffee and watching baseball. He loves being a Dad. He’s a fantastic one, too. I asked him to write something for our son’s 1st birthday today. Our baby boy, Tristan, (alias: Nay Nay) turns [...]

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The only parenting book I need.

June 25, 2012

Helicopter Mom. I want to talk about the term. Our friend Lisa said she finds it offensive. I don’t disagree with her and I hope she’ll write more about that this week. I want to tell you how the word made me feel the first time I heard it. It reminded me of the worst [...]

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This is what I know.

April 5, 2012

Everything that is right in this world lives inside a child. Everything that is wrong — anxiety, greed, shame — lives inside of me. If I let it. I am away from my phone today. I am still. But I snapped these photos at lunch. Real quick. The phone went back into the kitchen. I [...]

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Our evening routine (with two kids)

March 30, 2012

I wrote about our morning routine before Tristan was born last summer. It was fun to go back and read. We have a new morning routine that I equally love that I will record for you soon. But it’s the evening routine I’ve been thinking about lately. It’s a workout. Between the hours of 5 pm [...]

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We live in a yellow house.

March 1, 2012

We live in a yellow house. Elise calls it “the yellow house” as in, “Let’s go to the yellow house.” Or “Let’s go home.” She’s a homebody, kind of like her mama right now. The yellow house is in the city of Chicago. Not downtown but close to downtown, within Chicago city limits. Elise doesn’t [...]

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A mind of her own.

February 15, 2012

I caught Elise sneaking out of her bedroom window to meet up with her friends. No, that’s not right. But I did catch her trying to take her brother’s bib off while watching me to make sure I wasn’t watching her. It’s like she has a mind of her own. And I want to know [...]

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