Let me tell you, it’s a whole lot easier to feel happy during a month when Murphy’s Law is not ruling the day. Nevertheless, I continued to work on my Happiness Project last month and found more success than failure – no matter how hard the fates conspired against me in the guises of constant [...]
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If you’re a regular reader of Motherese, or if you’ve ever had the experience of dining with me in person, you won’t be surprised to learn that I have a sweet tooth. Check that. I have a whole mouthful of sweet teeth. I love candy. I love cookies. I love cake. I love chocolate. I [...]
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As I use most of my remaining synapses to figure out how to make lemonade out of some pretty sour lemons, I decided to borrow an idea from Lindsey and Denise and offer my answers to one of Vanity Fair‘s monthly questionnaires. So, here goes, folks. I solemnly swear to return to our regularly scheduled [...]
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I can’t remember if it was Bruce or Lindsey who first introduced me to the writing of the marvelous Katrina Kenison. But since I know they are both fellow acolytes, I don’t hesitate to thank them jointly for bringing Katrina’s writing into my life. I spent many of my quiet, before-bed hours this past month [...]
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I’ve written before about my lack of resilience, about my inability to bounce back after negative experiences. I’ve never been good about absorbing small losses. Something as slight as being cut off by a rude driver or hearing a snarky comment from a stranger can derail me for hours. But it occurred to me recently [...]
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As if I needed further confirmation. As if a third pregnancy, a third dive into the bin of maternity clothes, and a third round of biweekly OB appointments weren’t reminder enough. I now have a very large, somewhat aerodynamic memento sitting in the garage symbolizing our growing family and the fact that I am a [...]
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As part of my ongoing Happiness Project, I am working on improving our family’s eating habits, using Michael Pollan’s writing as a guide. Last month, I endeavored to follow a piece of Pollan’s advice from the “Eat” section of his book In Defense of Food: “Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” (You [...]
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One year ago today, I published my first blog post. For the first few months, I posted every day. Then I started posting six days a week. Then five. Then three. Now whenever. Those all felt right and this feels right too. For now, at least. I’m not sure what initially drew me to blogging. [...]
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