Category Archives: on being a mom

The Times they are a Changing

  By Amanda | March 28, 2012 - 12:01 pm | , , ,
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When Will was still a little bit of a thing Matt started playing soft ball once a week.  I came to DREAD Tuesday nights.  The chaos of juggling a newborn and a young toddler was enough to drive me to bottles of wine and Advil.  There was no good way to get them both to bed.  Will needed to be rocked until he was O. U. T. but I couldn’t leave Sam alone while I tried to lull the cranky baby into sleep land.  I couldn’t put Sam to bed first because if I left Will’s sight he would shriek … Read more →

Dear Target, Parent's are People Too!

  By Amanda | March 24, 2012 - 5:44 pm | , ,
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 I’m not usually a mommy rant kind of person.  I am well aware that in return for the blessings my children bestow on me there would be things we’d be giving up.  I know better than to take my kids into high end shops.  And Matt and I always choose a place that is loud and accommodating to kids when we take them out to eat.  Sure, I’m trying to teach my kids how to behave in public but the bottom line is they are 1 and 2.  I’m realistic, I know their limitations and boundaries and I don’t force … Read more →

The Scary Side of Being a Parent

  By Amanda | March 16, 2012 - 12:11 am | , , , ,
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Last week I heard that an eighth grader in my town, someone’s little boy, took his life.  As a mom, the mere thought of this tares me into pieces.  It makes my heart ache for that child, for that child’s parents, that child’s family.  It scares me to pieces that something can make a child feel things are helpless, hopeless.  Then today I read this.  And Oh. My. Gosh.  Being a parent is so frightening.  I looked at my little monsters tonight, whose lives’ are entrusted to me, and realized that right now this is the easy stuff.  I’ve stumbled … Read more →

Kids say the Darndest Things

  By Amanda | February 25, 2012 - 1:55 am | , , ,
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Yesterday when I got the boys up we all boisterously sang Happy Birthday to Will.  Sam loved every second of it.  I quickly got them dressed and ready for school. I was walking Sam out to the car in the beautiful 60 degree weather when he stopped dead in his tracks and said “Gama! Happy Birthday to you Gama!” I. Kid. You. Not. I don’t know where it came from.  We hadn’t talked about Grandma Linda all morning.  I hadn’t made a big deal of her birthday to the boys.  It was completely out of nowhere. Sort of makes you … Read more →

Brotherly Love

  By Amanda | February 10, 2012 - 4:36 pm | , , , ,
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  Yesterday I was driving my boys to daycare.  Will was not happy about being in his car seat and was screaming. All of a sudden Sam started singing a song for his brother.  “Will, will, crying crying.  Will, Will yay!”  (He’s destined for stardom!) Followed shortly by demands, “Will, hand.  Will, hand.” I looked in my rear view mirror just in time to watch them each reach out their little arms to hold hands.  Fits of giggles from both followed. My. Heart. Exploded.  I freaking LOVE these kids.  How darn lucky am I?  How darn lucky are they to … Read more →