Raising Boys: Of independence, co-dependence, dependence and dependability
Dear boys I was leaning nauseous on my trolley in the frozen fish aisle of Pick ‘n Pay – pregnant with you, Cam – when I bumped into a woman from our church. I told her we were expecting a boy. She was quite sympathetic. ‘Oh. Well… It’s just that – daughters stay with you. […]
Get Rid of Your Elastigirl Mom Guilt: HOW and WHY
Dear you You’re Incredibly supple. You stretch your budget, your schedule, your patience and your caffeine threshold in superhero ways. Your heart is stretched so thin in places that heart-goo seeps through all your inside spaces and sometimes leaks embarrassingly from your eyes. You bend every which way to please and placate and catch whoever’s […]
Life’s a beach and then you live OR: Parenting is not much adding up to everything
They say, the things that make great parents great don’t feel urgent. They say how it’s small deposits of time – all the time – over time – that add up to what’s critical. They say, ‘Don’t bail; let ‘em fail.’ Especially when they’re little. When the stakes are low. They say that life experience […]
In which my son turns 7 and I count tears in my bottle
[I blogged this post a year ago, when Cameron turned 6. Tweaked here for today – because tomorrow he’ll be 7.] Our Cam, he makes me laugh so much – the way he puts on accents and speaks fluent Minion. But when he gave his first cry in that C-section theatre at 05h19 on 7 […]
