This site has been quiet for a while again. I haven’t found my writing groove here for a while, and ultimately, I think it’s because it’s time for IBC to come to an end. This blog, in various forms, has given me so much: Friendships and community that I cherish; an outlet to write; an…
This past weekend, I took a road trip with the kids. A good friend and her two kids moved away last year, and we missed their faces. Luckily, the Wisconsin Dells happens to be right in between us. So, I loaded up my car with too much gear and food (having learned from camping that…
On Saturday, I ran a half-marathon. It was a little bit of a whim. A few months back, David of Dad All Day and Nikki of Moms Who Drink and Swear connected me with Brae Blackley, founder of the Zooma Women’s Race Series. They were starting a race in Chicago, with both an option to…
I thought I just sounded frustrated in my last post but from the messages I got reading, “Errrr…. You ok?” – I guess I overshot a bit. Oops. I’m not on a ledge or anything. I was simply exhausted after a couple of weeks where the kids pushed every button. It was their ongoing behavior. It…
We all have patches where our kids, simply put, suck at life. I am in the middle of one of those patches. It’s been a couple of weeks, this past week having been particularly horrible. It’s been just long enough that I find myself wondering if my kids will actually grow up to be terrible…
Over the weekend, I took my kids camping for the first time. We met up with families from the moms’ group that I’ve been a part of since my daughter was born. We traveled to a campsite 80 miles from home – Just far enough away to be a road trip, but close enough that…
I am trying to find my gratitude, but I think it’s buried under a mountain of random paper. Lately, my task lists look like this: Post-its. Napkins. Scribbled work scattered with scrawled chores. It’s stressing me out. I have a ton to do – deadlines at work and a lot going on at home. If…
By now I’m sure there are a hundred of these “what to expect” posts about BlogHer’s upcoming conference in Chicago. I hadn’t been planning to write one, but conversations with friends attending for the time brought back memories of panic and exhilaration and outright chaos before I attended my first blogging conference in 2011. I also remember…
It’s been a while since I looked at this picture, all of us lined up together, exhilarated and giddy with accomplishment. This picture captures a defining moment for me, an unforgettable one. And now, they’re finally here! Today, the videos from all 24 Listen To Your Mother shows around the country are available on YouTube….
