I think it’s important that children see their parents apologizing to them, admitting they were wrong or out of line. I can still remember numerous times as a child when my mom or dad would come to me, one-on-one, and ask for my forgiveness. One time when I was in the third grade, my […]
Willpower isn’t one of my strong points. This is one of the many reasons I loved being pregnant (you know, after I started to like food again). “Hey, are you gonna eat that other bear-claw?” and “Yes, I will make that a Route 44-super-extra-jumbo milkshake, thank you.” However, this is why I don’t often like to […]
There comes a point in time when you realize you aren’t willingly giving yourself to something anymore. The realization had actually been there for months, but I decided to finally admit it to myself two weeks ago. At some point over the last few months, I think I stopped living and started simply surviving. Every […]
Have you ever thrown a perfectly good piece of meat at the wall recently? My guess is that you haven’t. But I have. And although it was instantly regretted, it felt pretty darn exhilarating for that one second. So why did I throw a 6 oz. steak at my wall? Why the drama? Hormones. It’s […]
I was running some errands earlier today and one of the featured “Friday Flashback” songs came on- “Bootylicious” from Destiny’s Child’s Survivor Album (and since when 2004 became a “flashback,” I have no idea. 6 whole years ago. What a stretch.) Anyhoo, I was instantly taken back to my single, clubbing days- drink in hand, […]
We’ve all heard that pregnancy hormones can send a woman in her first trimester running for the toilet over the smell of certain foods or even the scent of aftershave her husband has been wearing for their entire married life. Smell aversion is nothing to be messed with, my friends. I lucked out on this […]
I’m a living, breathing testament to preggo brain. And I quickly discovered that not only is it real, but it’s intense. I swear, I have never felt so stupid in my life (minus, of course, some chosen drunken moments in college). Friends had warned me of the fate my brain cells would suffer upon […]
It’s an age-old question: why the miracle of pregnancy- as beautiful and sacred as it is- often attracts the most awkward and unwanted commentary. All it takes is a belly in full bloom and the filters drop like flies. In my thirty total months of enduring ignorant people being pregnant, I had racked up quite a list of opinions, […]
“When the master is absent, frogs hop into the house.” That’s according to a Ugandan Proverb, and by the sounds of it, frogs aren’t looked too highly upon in that culture. Since I have always thought frogs were pretty cute (meaning, I want to admire them from a distance), may I just replace […]
The Bug, the Bean {&the Bump} 