Focus On What You Can Do

Being a new mom is suddenly, urgently grounding. It’s hard to leave the house because, well, there’s a baby right there. He needs me. Unless I get a babysitter, daycare, or my husband is home, I’m here, and it’s me and the baby. This makes so...

A Few Glimpses of Life With A Newborn

Some thoughts on life with a newborn: He has an uncanny knack for knowing just when I’m about to even think about doing something (showering, writing, eating with two hands, heck, even just going to the bathroom) — and deciding that NOW he is hungry, NOW he needs...

Summertime Fiction Reading Recommendations

In my last post on great book reads, I asked you all for your fiction recommendations and I got a ton of great ideas I thought I’d compile and share here. As it gets hot outside (at least for those of us in the Western Hemisphere), and especially for those of...