I spent a lot of years (basically my 20’s) angry that I wasn’t married and irritated with married people in general.  Especially married women. Married women seemed so smug.   Sure, they’d say things like, “marriage is tough” and “I get so mad at my husband when he…” But it just sounded patronizing especially when […]

Today was day 12 of my husband’s 16-day business trip to India.   And today was rough. I’m not going to write about finding the silver lining or give you tips to survive solo parenting because, frankly, I’m not in the mood.   No, I’m going to write about how hard this is.   How […]

With my husband in India, we are soaking up another extended stay on the farm.   I miss my husband, but I love the farm and I feel so lucky to have my kids here, living the farm life and learning all the lessons that only the farm can teach. And this got me thinking–every […]

Last week, it seems, was breastfeeding awareness week here in internet land.   Much was shared and I hope awareness was created.   I missed the week dedicated to breastfeeding but since most of my married life has been dedicated to breastfeeding I thought I would be bold and share that topic this week anyway. […]