I’m an auntie again! Last Friday my youngest sister Birgitta finally had her baby girl after a very long labor. Since my sister lives in Michigan and I live in Florida, I haven’t held my new little niece yet. But the texts were flying back and forth all weekend and it’s been great to see the pictures and know that… Read more →
Month: October 2012
Facing Forward
A few weeks ago my mom friends started passing around a blog from the Huffington Post called The Mom Stays in the Picture. In it, writer Allison Tate explains why she and many of her friends avoid being photographed: “We’re sporting mama bodies and we’re not as young as we used to be. We don’t always have time to blow… Read more →
Homesickness
Our Florida weather’s been beautiful lately. Blue skies and temperatures in the eighties. But the northerner in me is disoriented. I look at the calendar and it says October. We had fun at the beach last weekend, but shouldn’t we be picking apples with our jackets on, drinking hot cider by the fire? Fall, my favorite season, is when I… Read more →