Tag: <span>motherhood</span>

What does one do when one returns to Pittsburgh from a beach Thanksgiving to find a grey-shrouded, mist-breathing Midwinter has settled on her heavy haunches to brood until spring hatches?…

Thoughts and Musings

“Hey Mama.  Will you give me a special treat?  Guess why–’cause you love me?” Now tell me, please, how does an almost-three-year-old brain do the complex manipulations it takes to…

Thoughts and Musings

Do you remember today when you announced that you no longer care for Jack and Jill’s story due to their unfortunate spill down the hill? Remember when you face-planted-stomach-slid in…

Kids and Treasures Thoughts

While I’m off enjoying a beach vacation, I’m taking time to revisit some of the most popular posts from this past year.  Today’s review of my favorite new-mom gift originally…

Kids and Treasures

“Just try one bite.”  I hear myself spit out this phrase at dinner and cringe.  Little Friend has made the dinner frittata public enemy number one.  I weep a bit…

Recipes and Fare Thoughts and Musings

“You look just like your mom!”  I’ve heard it time and again beginning way back in those teenage years when the ugly duckling stage of the tweens began to molt…

Thoughts and Musings