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We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Broadcast
I’ve been working on a few blog updates (as part of my master plan for summer vacation). I wanted to bring a few of them to your attention.Without further ado:
- I now have an RSS feed in the right-hand sidebar beneath my profile. I didn’t even know I didn’t have one (it’s dangerous when we don’t know what we don’t know). Thanks to Michelle for requesting one! Please let me know if it works…
- You’ll notice there are new buttons at the bottom of every post. If you’re feeling generous, please click on them sometimes. They’ll help me spread the word about my little humble corner of the
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Being a Neighborly Neighbor
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The view from our bungalow to the house across the street
Matt and I have only lived in our humble bungalow for two years. In that time, people have come and gone in the rental house across the street. We were really good friends with the first family that lived there. We went to their birthday parties, we talked on our porches, we cooked S’mores together.
And then they moved. We were heartbroken but not discouraged. We attempted to make friends with the new neighbors. They were young and interesting. We walked our dog with theirs. We invited them to our monthly potlucks.
And then they broke up. In an
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Mother Mentor: Things I Wish I Would’ve Known Before Having a Baby
I’m on the search for “Mothering Mentors,” so I was giddy with excitement when one of my internet friends e-mailed me with this advice:… Read MoreI wanted to send a quick list of some of the things about motherhood that I wish I would have known beforehand. Hope it’s useful on your journey.- Postpartum depression is real and even if there’s no history in your family and even if you had a perfect pregnancy, it is real and not to be ignored. I didn’t seek help for mine until my daughter was 6 1/2 months old because I was so stuck on being organic. I was in denial big time. So,
