The Gutsy Girl

Since I'm not working, I thought, "Heck, maybe I should try to write more," and with that I'm moving my blog to WordPress....

We are all in this together. That's what I want to shout (beg? sob?) when I see a mom giving me looks as my kid misbehaves.  Today I...

I've been feeling lost - murky - lately as I dig out from this rubble and try to find my self-worth again.  But th...

"My precious ...." Me: "What the heck is going on here?!" (upon reviewing the photos I took ...

We are expecting another baby in the early fall.  This fact is what I remember (literally, feel) when I find myself gazi...

Since I have more time on my hands (not as much as I would have thought - corralling that child is a full-time job in and of itself) I st...

Since I'm finding myself thrown into stay-at-home momhood head-first, I've been scouring Craigslist - and this Saturday a few yar...

I lost my job last week; it was unexpected and incredibly abrupt.  Matt asked what we should tell people if asked, and I said, "I di...

These last two weeks have been hard, for reasons both very big and small (big: legislation not passing, the Boston marathon bombing...

The title of my post - that quotation - was written by a pediatrician commenting on the NYT blog, Motherlode, and it made sit back and swall...