From the category archives:
Today Shutter Sisters challenges you to ask the question: when was the last time you wrote a love letter to yourself? Or just generally spent a little time loving yourself?
For me, it only took a few extra minutes of me-time getting dressed. Some earrings and a moment spent on my hair. More than most days. [...]
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a child’s creativity
he played with that paintbrush and cup of flour for long enough for me to knead the whole batch.
and then some.
sunshine
the way it sneaks around the corners in my home
the way it warms the winter sky
bright colors
they make even a messy house feel cheerful
naked babies
just because
my kitchen
and trying new recipes.
What’s inspiring you today?
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It felt a little disingenuous, writing yesterday about such a happy thing. Our love story. The quilt which is supposed to remind me, every time I run upstairs to shove a stinky diaper in the bin. Every time I run downstairs to get ice from the freezer to soothe a boo-boo. Every six a.m. wake [...]
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Getting all cocky last week about how much I could do. About how well-adjusted my toddler was that I could draft patterns and volunteer time and be social. About how accomplished a multi-tasker I was that I could design websites and cook dinners and take showers.
I should have known better.
This week is shaping up to [...]
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Cooking, sewing, writing, tickling, typing, building, coloring, playing, kneading, comforting, making, tying, knitting, working.
The hands in our house are always busy.
A few of the things keeping my hands busy this week:
the Craft Hope for Haiti Etsy Shop
the Metro New York City Area Modern Quilter’s Guild
a new and improved Roundabout Quilt Pattern (this time I’m including [...]
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Yesterday I spent some time alone with my eldest in the morning
It’s becoming a Saturday tradition.
After (what seemed like) a very long stretch of time home with both boys, it was much needed.
While there are many things I love about the large age gap between them, it also proves logistically difficult at certain moments.
I found [...]
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Every Mother’s Day there’s some discussion of how Jake is going to be ‘really good’. It goes something like: clean up after yourself; don’t give your mother a hard time; do as your told; be sweet; etc. And every Mother’s Day I wonder: why isn’t every day Mother’s Day? Shouldn’t you do those things all [...]
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No sooner had I finished writing my last post (you know-the one about how I was The Perfect Mother) then my kids proved me dead wrong.
Now, I know those times when everything is going according to plan are few and far between, but as my friend Jill said in the comments: sometimes I think I [...]
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Have you ever had a moment where everything was just exactly as it was supposed to be?
When it happens to me I try to remember what it feels like so that in the tougher times I have a feeling to focus on. Sometimes I even ask Niall to remind me of how It was when [...]
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Originally posted July 31st 2008.
I first became a Mother ten years ago. I wasn’t a natural. I was scared and lonely and very sad. I felt guilty. The guilt was overwhelming and I slipped quietly into a dim place. I functioned there. After all, it was familiar to me. I had been there before. I [...]
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