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Growing Up In a Step Family

It’s funny how society and social expectations change. When I was growing up I was the only child I knew that was being raised in a step parent family. My father was killed in Vietnam when I was three, I have no memory of him. When my father died my mother was 21, she had a three year old, an almost two year old, and one on the way. I can’t imagine being a widow at 21, with three kids, in a time when broken families were not the norm. I think about how much harder it must have been … Continue reading →

Who Are You and What Have You Done with my Child?

For a child who doesn’t handle change well, divorce can be a huge setback. They are experiencing so many changes all at once that they can easily be overwhelmed with the emotion of everything. As young children they have not yet learned how to express what they are feeling and as a result often lash out. This is common even in children whose parents are still together. However, a divorce is often the trigger because of the intensity of the changes that they are going through. I remember how hard those first few months were for my son. All of … Continue reading →

I’m Always Coming Back

Mommy’s Christmas Break is coming to a close. Monday it’s back to school and back to daycare. My heart sinks every time I think about it. I’m usually really excited to get back to school, but this time the thought makes me want to break down and cry. I’ve gone to school from the time Logan was born. It’s all he’s ever known. But now that I am officially into my major I have a lot less flexibility with my schedule. This means that he is going to be spending a lot more time in daycare. The lady that does … Continue reading →

Bedtime

One of the hardest things as a single parent is not having any control over your child when they are at their other parent’s house. If they choose to feed them ice cream for breakfast, lunch, and dinner there’s not much you can do about it. Just chuck them full of vegetables when they get home and hope for the best. You’re used to being the bad cop, right? Bedtime was always our fight. When Logan was really little and we were still married, my ex worked late. He often wouldn’t even get home until 10 or 11 o’clock at … Continue reading →

The Momless Morning

I got home late one night. Really late. Everyone was asleep. I was very tired. I hit the pillow and soon after fell asleep. I awoke to my wife leaving early. She was heading somewhere. She told me about this before, earlier, but I was really tired. I tried to go back to sleep for a while. I tossed and turned. I pulled the covers over my head. I covered my eyes with a pillow… alas. Not possible. I awoke. I carefully checked on our son (still sleeping) and decided to make some tea and try to get some work … Continue reading →

Toy Invasion

Is there a room in your house that doesn’t have a single toy in it? Yesterday I realized that the only place in our home that has not been infiltrated by my preschooler’s toys is the laundry room. And that room only qualifies as the “winner” if I don’t count the tiny pile of plastic animals I extracted from my daughter’s pockets the other day. The jungle creatures have temporarily set up residence on top of the dryer. The rest of our abode looks like the inside of a daycare facility. There are piles of plastic dinosaurs in the hallway, … Continue reading →

Stay At Home Husbands

Many women are now career women. A lot of women actually enjoy being out in the workforce. Let’s face it some women are not designed to be stuck in the house with chores and children. While some of us love it, it just is not for everyone. Thankfully now, it does not have to be that way. While it was once unheard of, now more and more men are becoming stay at home dads and husbands. Daddy Day Care gave light into the fact that indeed men can stay home and be the caregiver and chores man. A few years … Continue reading →

Mr. Mom (1983)

In “Mr. Mom,” Jack and Caroline Butler are living the typical suburban life of the 1980’s. She’s a stay-at-home mom, he works as an engineer at a car factory, and they are struggling to make ends meet. But they budget and they’re hanging in there, until Jack (Micheal Keaton) loses his job. Wondering what they’ll do to support the family, Jack and Caroline (Teri Garr) both start putting in their applications. When Caroline is hired before Jack, they both agree that Jack will stay home with the kids, but it’s just for a little while until something comes along for … Continue reading →

Early Morning Fun

My daughter is close to moving into her own big-kid bed, but for now she is still sleeping in a crib. As such, she calls out “Daddy, I’m awake!” in the A.M. and then, as has been tradition since a very early age, we three snuggle in bed for a good long while (although this can never really last long enough!). It is the best part of the day, without a doubt. We have a couple games we like to play in bed which are fun and help to extend this amazing time we share as a family. The Baby … Continue reading →

Shrek

“Arrrggghh, I’m an ogre!” “Shrek” is a great family movie that kids of all ages can enjoy. All Shrek (the ogre) wants to do is live peaceably in his swampy home and be left alone. Most people fear ogres and misunderstand them. Shrek’s used to the reactions he gets (mostly fear) and so hides away from most of society. But after Lord Farquaad starts rounding up all of the fairy tale creatures and exiles them to the swamp, many seek solace in Shrek’s home. To him, it’s completely unacceptable and he decides to leave the comfort of his swamp and … Continue reading →