This girl is everything me.

On some days she is purple, the deep inky kind. And other days sunshine yellow- almost  bursting out in her optimism  to touch others. She is an absorbing book on a rainy day. She is laughter from the belly, the kind you cant hold back and she is that itch that just wont go away. [...]

The Bad Cop.

So Nadi doesnt like school. It’s been almost one month (with wayy too many holidays in the middle) but that magical moment when he realizes how much he loves school over home has, despite  repeated assurances that it will, not happened.
Every morning is a heartbreaking experience of being asked so very politely to “please” take [...]

aug09

You first.

All my teen and adult life, if there was one description that people who wanted me to open my eyes to the “real me” gave me it was that I was selfish. I was perenially guilty of putting me first. Post break ups, post fights, the other person involved would say that I didn’t think [...]

mom-types I just cannot take anymore.

1. Ones who keep talking down at you just because they had a baby first. The YOU dont know what its like. YOU have no idea. YOU wait and see. (Ummm. YOU go jump off a cliff please)
2. Ones who try to out-mom you in every aspect. (If your kid is behaving well, theirs is an [...]

Rambles of a Preschool Mom

I love Cathy Thorne. Mainly because she says it like it is. If I scrounge around deep enough in my psyche, I suppose I could admit that the though did cross my mind that when Nadi’s world expanded, it could end up meaning that his teacher will be more loved than me. Motherhood is funny [...]

mom peeve

I am not interested in listening to babble incessantly about your kid unless you are also interested in listening to me babble endlessly about Nadi. That’s the rule, and yes, I made it.