Category Archives: Parenting

i knew that skill would come in handy

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Jessica

When I graduated from high school, I said I would be an actress. I said this because I always have been good at doing these crazy impersonations that make people laugh. I was like born with this ability to watch … Continue reading →

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i like being a parent

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Jessica

I probably should write this post on my other blog, but since I just got done with editing over 500 pictures from a vacation that my family and I took recently, I thought I’d say it hear. I thought I’d … Continue reading →

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pulling out my parenting card

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Jessica

I never wanted to write about parenting stuff on this blog because I wanted to save all that for my other blog. Well, there’s that, plus, like a paying job where no everyone is a parent or cares that you’re … Continue reading →

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parenting books

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Jessica

I’ve been reading a lot of parenting books lately. Well, not the kind of parenting books that dish out parenting advice in the kind of explicit “let me help you” kind of a way, but I’m talking about the new … Continue reading →

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my happiest moment is right now

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Jessica

She’s running through this dense field of overgrown dandelion and buttercup flowers, yellowed beneath the glistening of the sun, and dirt patches. She’s smiling, broadly. Her feet quickly moving in frantic fashion, and arms waving. “Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!” The field that she … Continue reading →

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there’s something ironic about this

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Jessica

When I was a kid, my mom was a stickler for us, or me and siblings, using the “right” words when speaking with her. When calling our names, she asked that we say, “Yes,” not “yep” or “Huh? or “What?” … Continue reading →

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boys will be boys and girls will be…

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Jessica

I have long been interested in girlhood, or what it means to be a girl in the 21st century. I remember my girlhood vividly. I remember the pieces of it, the quilt from my grandmother, the pink barrettes I wore … Continue reading →

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dinner at 8

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Jessica

I went out to dinner tonight with a friend from college. What? I know it sounds like such a small thing, but really, let me repeat that again. I went out to dinner tonight with a friend from college. The … Continue reading →

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the hardest part of co-parenting is…

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Jessica

…accepting that you can’t make your parenting partner into something that resembles you. It’s accepting that you must let go of control, of your way in order to allow your parenting partner to find their way. This is hard, harder … Continue reading →

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baby’s sleep

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Jessica

This post should be written on my other blog, but since this is on my mind tonight, I’m writing it here. This post is about sleep, specifically my baby’s sleep, or my toddler’s sleep. When she was born, she was … Continue reading →

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