Michelle’s Weekly Video Blog

May 18, 2013 by

Check out my weekly video blog to find out what the top 5 blog posts from this past week were!

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Please Don’t Call Me “Smart”

May 17, 2013 by

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I know it’s meant as a compliment, but from time to time, I get thrown off when a family member calls me “smart,” either to my face in response to something I said or did, or on Facebook, in a comment under some post I have about a project I’m working on or something going on in my life.  Occasionally I get this from a friend too.  I could never quite put my finger on what exactly it was that bothered me about this remark, until I had kids.  Then it hit me:

Don’t just call me “smart,” because that judgment fails to acknowledge that I am dedicated to what I set out to do, and that I work very hard to reach my goals.  Read more...

The Anxiety Inside Me

May 17, 2013 by

For the most part I am a positive, always-look-on-the-bright-side type of person. I can go with the flow, work with what I’ve got and still be happy. However, I do suffer from occasional anxiety and over the past two months it has crept up on me and really put a damper on my daily routine. I used to be able to go months, maybe even a full year without taking any medication, but lately, I can barely go a day; this is when I feel I’ve failed.  Read more...

Parents: An anthropological study

May 17, 2013 by

I spend a LOT of time at the public library with my daughter, anywhere from one to four times each week. Why? Going in the morning gets this not-a-morning-mama up and out of the house early. It gives my daughter, who is not in daycare, an opportunity to interact with other children of varying ages. It gives ME a chance to interact with adults. It’s a change of scenery, a change of pace, and gives us different toys and puzzles to play with. And, you know, that whole early literacy thing. That, too.

Because I’ve spent so much time there I’ve conducted my own very unscientific, very unofficial anthropological study of the other parents I encounter and the behavior we all share.

May I present to you my findings after observing the library parents in their natural environment:

1. The futile pleas to play pretend  Read more...

Mommy is off this weekend!

May 17, 2013 by

Since the day I peed on a stick almost two years ago my life has changed. I am a mother which we all know is a 24 hour a day job. I went from Katie the career fun party woman to Katie the loving tired working mother. This is such a wonderful but exhausting job as we all know but you know what mommas????

I AM GOING TO TURN OFF WORKING MOM THIS WEEKEND AND BE THE OLD ME!

How is this possible you ask?

It is all thanks to my sister who is getting married and my husband who is going to be the responsible parent this weekend. My sister is having her bachelorette party this weekend in BOSTON! So I will show you certain things that will change this weekend for me.

Things I will be trading in this weekend.

Instead of juice boxes I will have martinis!  Read more...

The Graduate

May 17, 2013 by

Tomorrow my nice, “C”, will graduate from college. Technically, she is my niece-in-law, my husband’s brother’s daughter (got that?). It seems so surreal to have watched this little girl with the gigantic brown eyes become a woman – how did that happen?

It’s humbling to have watched someone grow from a child of four to a woman of twenty-two. Being an aunt, I think, is sort of like grandma training – you get to experience all the good parts of having little kids around without dealing with temper tantrums, diaper changes, or handing over the car keys. I’ve been there for birthday parties, sleepovers, graduation ceremonies, piano recitals, proms, first boyfriends, and all the other little milestones that families celebrate together. At each stage, I’ve marveled at what a great kid she is – kind, a little shy, dryly witty, innately curious, and super-duper smart.  Read more...

Playing Defense as a Lesbian Mom

May 16, 2013 by

“I’m gay.”

The first time I had to say that out loud was beyond difficult but so full of relief at the same time. Every “coming out” story is different. However, you don’t just “come out” once. When you are gay, you just may have to do it more than once. It’s more like 1,000 times. Per year.

Pretty much with most people you meet or are in personal contact with from that moment forward. You “come out” again and again. Every time you are faced with that moment, the moment where you need to respond to the “what does your husband do?”or “are you two (pointing to Lo) sisters?” type of question, you think very quickly about:  Read more...

  • What is the situation I’m in at this moment?
  • How much of a conversation you want to start here?
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