Poem: The Birds and the Bees
Does anyone find it easy to talk about sex with their kids? I know there’s a range of comfort levels when it comes to this topic. When I was growing up, my family avoided the subject — so I’ve got...
View ArticleTwo poems about single parenting
Today, I wanted to share two poems about my experience of single parenting. These poems chronicle the strange adjustment from being married to becoming a single parent, and how that affects both your...
View ArticlePoem: Capitulation
I’ve had more bedtime battles with my kids than I can count. Going to sleep can be such a difficult transition for kids: learning to let go of the togetherness and even the mental consciousness of the...
View ArticlePoem: Obstacle Course
Last night when I lay sleepless, thinking, I turned my problems from back to front, then front to back, trying through worry to wear them down to nothing.If anything, I only made them loom larger, by...
View ArticlePoem: Ode To Our Minivan
I’m not sure anyone ever enters parenthood champing at the bit to own a minivan. It’s one of those milestones that you accept with resignation more than anything else. Let’s face it: it signifies a...
View ArticlePoem: Nuevos Santos
There is one among my fine lot of friends who, once upon a time, found herself in love with a hard-working Mexican man. She visited him often, waited for him to receive a green card. When he finally...
View ArticlePoem: After Two Years, I Should Be Doing Anything Else
There is something magical about a sleeping child. My son turned five last week and I wrote this poem when he was two, as the title suggests. As a parent, especially as a working parent, nap time can...
View ArticlePoem: Book Learning
I‘ve always loved reading. For as long as I can remember, I have turned to books for entertainment and comfort — and also for information and wisdom. So when I was pregnant with my daughter, Lucy (and...
View ArticleA Christmas poem
From all of us to all of you… have a merry Christmas, friends. Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The...
View ArticleThree poems about parenting
If you stumble across this post, I’d like to encourage you to take a moment and breathe deeply, then slowly read these three poems about parenting that I wrote. They are short, but not meant to be...
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