Carla: I was at the playground with the kiddles this afternoon (side note: playgrounds suck the energy out of me. I don’t know why) and as I listened to the constant stream of ”watch me” calls from my children (which may or may not be related to my feelings about playgrounds), I thought about that [...]
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10 Nov
Good Grief or Bad Grief?
Caryn: WARNING! DEPRESSING POST AHEAD! Our dog died on Friday. He was old (for a rottweiler) and ended up dying the way I’d been dreading. Well, I actually don’t know the way he died because I didn’t see it, but he died in the place I’d been dreading: on our kichen floor. Sprawled out stiff. [...]
4 Nov
What We Leave Behind
Carla: Last night my husband and I, along with my parents, saw Dave Brubeck in concert. The man is 88 years old and is arguably the greatest jazz musician alive. As I sat there with my parents, I thought about the incredible gift they have given me in instilling a love and appreciation for this [...]
29 Oct
Sustainable Motherhood
Carla: This is worth talking about.
It turns out that when it comes to the working mom/at-home mom conversation, we have been dealing with a “straw woman” of sorts. It seems to be news to the people who write the news that the majority of stay-at-home moms are there not because of some deep-seated value about [...]
22 Oct
The Highs and Lows
Caryn: How do I put this delicately? Ummm…….Well, today has sucked. Sucked. Sucked. Big time.
My kids are off school. It’s cold and rainy. My kids have been fighting because they’re bored and cooped up. None of us feel great, but aren’t quite sick. I’m depressed that I can’t just curl up in bed and be [...]
14 Oct
Mother’s Little Helper
Carla: Caryn and I spent an incredible weekend at Christianity 21 and I for one am still so overwhelmed by it all I’m not sure I can write about it yet. Hopefully we’ll be able to connect some dots in the coming days and put words around this amazing experience.
For now, however, I am trying [...]
7 Oct
You Think You’ve Got Problems!
Carla: The other day I saw one of my favorite Monty Python sketches in which four men reminisce about their youth, each one trying to best the others’ tales of woe. It reminded me of something that happens too often among mothers–reverse bragging. In fact, I did it myself yesterday.
I was at the orthodontist with [...]
1 Oct
Organize This, Real Simple!
Carla: If you aren’t familiar with Andy Crouch and his book/blog Culture Making, well you should be. Today, he links to a short discussion of a documentary I hope we all get to see one day. It’s called Koolhaus Houselife.
The premise of the documentary is to see what it’s like to actually live in a fancy-pants [...]
23 Sep
Motherjudger
Caryn: Probably a month ago now, our pet snail Trappy died. When my 7-year-old son asked how I think she died, I said, “Well, she had 10 babies within a month’s time. I’m guessing she was exhausted.”
To which my son said: “Yeah. But she was a terrible mother. She totally ignored them. So I don’t [...]
17 Sep
Whoooo Are You?
Carla: Not so long ago, I was in my car with a male friend of mine who is about 13 years younger than I am. An Audioslave song came on the radio and I happened to know the words. This fact stunned my friend into silence.
I get than when you’re 28 a 41-year-old mom in [...]
