Category: Womanhood

  • Boxes and Rails

    Boxes and Rails

    Today I went skiing with my 7 year old son.  He is at the age where freestyle skiing is all the rage and we’ve been focusing on conquering the beginner terrain park.    My technique in teaching him has not been without failure.  I have told him what to do, encouraged him to try and had…

  • Bad nights make for horrible looking mornings

    Bad nights make for horrible looking mornings

    It’s definitely not the way you want to start a Monday morning, the new week, or even the carpool to the elementary school.  Is there anything worse than waking up and seeing puffy eyes?  It’s the inescapable feeling that you have aged 7 years in one night.  This morning I look like I drink like a fish!…

  • Hear mama bear roar!

    Hear mama bear roar!

    Fact:  I’m divorced Fact:  I’m a single mother Fact:  I am no less valuable as a human being because of the two previous statements. ……and neither is my son.  Now how to teach a five year old that he isn’t defined by the actions of his parents is a whole new awareness I have. The…