Happy homemaker
On our tax return, my occupation is listed as “homemaker.” I loathe that title, even though that is exactly what I am. For me, it conjures up images…
Journal category
Motherhood
A sisterhood of writers
Yesterday was my writing teacher’s birthday. The five of us in the class gave ourselves the topic “What The Momoir Project Means to Me” and sent our essays…
An uphill climb
When my daughter woke us up this morning, I was definitely not ready to begin the day. Last night she had her first temper tantrum and…
Writing about motherhood
I am currently taking the Level 2 publishing class with The Momoir Project. (Our teacher, Cori Howard, is a journalist turned writing mother, and has an…
Quotation
This is a quotation from Karen Maezen Miller’s book, Mamma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood, that I identify with and would like to share…
I WILL slow down. I will!
I’ve really enjoyed this day so far since deciding upon waking that I was going to “be here now.” I am usually rushing around preparing for the…