On being the Mom

How to Have Self-Reliant Kids This Summer

Looking for summer activities for kids that will help them learn self-reliance? Here are three ways we are taming the summer chaos by teaching …

I remember being pregnant with Bria, my first child, and having all kinds of notions about how it was going to be to have my own baby. I wondered …

Yesterday, Sophia and I were out shopping when she told me that the shoes she was wearing hurt her feet. "Are they too small?" I …

I remember being close to delivering Bria, my first child. I couldn't wait to not be pregnant anymore, as I'd had enough of that, but to …

Me and my popsicle-faced girls: Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago While we were in Chicago, we stayed at a hotel that was a considerable distance from …

A few weeks ago I sang an opera aria (Vissi d'Arte from Tosca) at a funeral. After the service, one of my neighbors came up to me and said, "Who …

If you read my blog at all, you know that I have not one, but THREE children, and you may think that this is an odd book title for me to be …

Summer's here. At least, it is schedule-wise. The weather has yet to prove itself, but it has given us a few nice days, anyway! As for …

This summer, part of my mindset about motherhood has fundamentally changed. I couldn't tell you really why, or how it happened. It just …

I have seen "Monster's, Inc" 1,492 times. Give or take a few hundred. Seems this movie is always the favorite when my kids are around age 2. Bria …

Every summer I have great intentions of doing chore incentive programs that are more intensive than the ones we do during the school year. I have …