Walk

My daughter is a late walker.  In fact, she didn’t start crawling until she was already cruising.  For a while, my husband and I worried about her development.  But like most “secrets”, once we started talking to others about her late walking they...

Three buns

Along with 8pm bedtimes, I’ve embraced the shower at night. Meaning when I wake and ready myself for work, with little one at my feet, I have one hair option. It’s called, “up”. My hairdresser said, just try three little buns at night. One at...

Burp

Is it embarrassing that I learned how to burp a child from Disney Juniors Micky Mouse ClubHouse?  No need to mention that I spent a year burping my daughter, but watching ClubHouse the other morning I found myself enthralled by all the Disney characters singing a song...

9 Lives

I watched from across the room as the ultrasound tech scanned my cat’s belly. The room was my kitchen, the cat lying sedated in my kitchen table. I kept waiting for him to announce, there it is. But he never did. Instead, he said, “it’s not innocent,...

The next thing isn't what you think

Wishing for the next thing: doesn’t make it come faster, isn’t going to look how you think, and will likely you cause you more anxiety than the first thing. I think my mother said this to me as a child, or some variation.  Shows my ignorance, that...

Not in the Plan

I’m a cat mom. I never set out to be a cat person. Was 100% a dog person growing up. But then, our friends asked us to watch their cat for a few months. A sleek black cat, with a white patch on his chest and six toes. A panther. With the disposition of Kim...

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