Single Supermama

because seriously, what the hell will I do if I can’t laugh about it?

bedtime stories

Clara ReadingFor several months now, Clara has sat on the couch every night for her bedtime story – smushed directly between Kelley and mommy. But even though she’s made sure that Kelley is sitting in his correct spot next to her and that he’s positioned properly for cuddling, she has strictly asked for me to read the story every night.

Last night, I got fired as the story reader. Looks like things are official around here. Kelley is even allowed to read the bedtime story.

December 15th 2009
Tags: family, hapless

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happy holidays

Well, we've survived half of the holidays so far with four kids between us who have different parentage on either side (his 2 grown-up kids have different moms, mine have different dads) - plus our 3 different sets of parents. Plus mine celebrate 2 religions. Thanksgivings. Check. Hanukkah. Check. Christmases still to come...
November 24th 2009
Tags: family

2 Comments

thankful

I am so thankful I can hardly bear it. I'm thankful for my beautiful girls who I love more than I ever knew I was capable of. I'm thankful for a family unique and different - full of steps and halfs and ex'es and inlaws and outlaws that just feels like plain ...
November 6th 2009
Tags: giving, kidssaythedarndestthings

2 Comments

you have such a caring heart

These are the notes my sweet Joy made this morning to pass out to her friends. I adore that girl.
November 2nd 2009
Tags: family, sleep

3 Comments

tight quarters

I have a full size bed. Which is slightly (and I do mean slightly) larger than a twin bed. For the past couple of years, there have been many mornings when all three of us girls have woken up in my bed together - Joy and I on either edge, and ...
October 28th 2009
Tags: dating, family

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i’m going to get MARRIED

Check this out. This post right here that you are reading? It has two tags. One of them is dating. And one of them is family. You might not be a data geek like me and fully appreciate the DEPTH of that in a venn diagram kind of a way. ...

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