I had been working on this post for a while. I had been waiting, hoping it would not be necessary. Days are ticking by and I have yet to find a companion blogger for the upcoming BlogHer 2010 conference taking place this August in New York City. 

I am going.

I’ll be one of at least 1500 bloggers [...]

Every now and then I like to sit back and give pause to appreciate my children.  They are growing so fast.  I feel the need to stop and reflect upon their unique personalities and developing imaginations.  As they play together and with me I laugh along, but so often my head shakes incredulously and my [...]

It took two seconds.  In that miniscule span of time, the three words and one smirk that were thrown my way had instantaneously unleashed within me the white hot fury of a thousand suns.

Where does that saying come from, by the way?  I tried Google, but all I found was a ton of people like [...]

I may have an ill-conceived notion about my daughter.  She is so strong willed at home, defiant beyond belief.   She will stand against anything I say simply to prove that she can do whatever she wants; even if it is against her own desires (How about chocolate pudding for a snack?  NO!!!). If it is [...]

One morning last week I was engaged in the kitchen, packing lunch bags for daycare and pouring much needed coffee into travel mugs.  The kids had been fed and were spending the last few minutes before we had to leave playing in the family room.  As I was snapping the covers on the mugs, Sofia [...]