My daughter’s last day of school was this past week. Woop-de-freaking-do and I mean that in all sincerity. I’m not being sarcastic. I could not be happier. I just don’t use exclamation points much. If you’re younger than me (and you know you probably are) and you have young children in school or you’re […]
empty nest
T Minus 365 to Empty Nest
I was standing in the kitchen this morning talking to my husband and daughter about the fact that a year from now she’ll be going off to college and we’ll officially be Empty Nesters. “It’ll be just like before we had kids,” I said to my husband, cheerfully. “Just you and me.” My husband […]
Kids, I Love You, But Are You Still Here?
I’m definitely thinking about writing another book, especially since I only have one more year until my contract runs out on this job as Stay-at-Home Mom. (I’m pretty sure you’re forced into retirement after the last child moves out of the house.) I came to this decision after the wild, unprecedented success of my […]