By Sara Etgen-Baker Before giving birth, Mother undoubtedly read child development books and baby-proofed her house. But no one could tell her what to anticipate. No one could tell her that the little girl she’d soon birth would come with a personality all her own and it would often run in direct opposition to her […]
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March 25 – Mortality Musings
by Kalí Rourke Mom Rourke was declining at 92 years old. The scalpel sharp intellect and memory we had enjoyed for years was slowly but inevitably eroding, and for a while, Mom railed in anger and frustration at her loss of control. We learned so much as my husband’s older sister cared for Mom during […]
February 11 – Growing Pains of Grandparenthood
by Ariela Zucker My daughter asks if my husband and I can babysit for her for a few hours while she and her husband participate in a class for parents who have behavioral issues with their toddlers. In the past I would say; “Why do you need a class, an outsider, to give you a […]
January 1 – A Gift I Couldn’t Have Imagined
by Sara Etgen-BakerWhen I was a small child, I rose on my tiptoes and stared out our living room window, watching and waiting until Father arrived home from work. “Mama,” I hollered as soon as I saw his pickup truck ’round the corner, “Daddy’s home!” Then I raced to the front door to greet him. […]
May 13 – That “Baby Stuff”
by Kalí Rourke The day had arrived that every Mom inevitably faces. All summer long, we had been swimming in the neighborhood pool nearly every day and I just dumped both of my little girls in the shower with me to get the chlorine out of their hair and mine. Inevitably, my older daughter (about […]