My dad turns 80 next year. He is a bull. Looks like mafia. Avid golfer and talented haberdasher. Drinks scotch every night and sneaks smokes when my mom isn’t watching. He is also one of the best things that ever happened to me.
Stitches, my friends, friggin’ STITCHES!
Here is how it went down: We were in a shoe store, I hear a CLANK behind me and turn around to find Jaden on the floor, holding her chin. She tripped on her own two feet, fell and hit a metal bench in the store, splitting open her little chin.
I planned on spending the long 4th of July weekend in Minnesota with my in-laws. Going to visit them is a true vacation for me as their home is on a gorgeous lake and my partner Joel’s three sisters all have kids and they run around like a wolf-pack that mystifies and envelops my oldest daughter. It is fantastic.
My five-year-old daughter is a remarkable little kid and last night I was reminded that she is also a girl. One thing I know as a woman is that sometimes we just need to talk- to process what is going on in our heads and hearts. If we don’t, then the stress builds and we find ourselves “discharging” and over-reacting to things that we direct all this built up stress towards.
I’ve talked about accepting Failure in previous posts but I have to admit that I didn’t think I would have to accept Failure in sleep training. So in an effort to accept it, here goes. My name is Quinn, and for over six months, my youngest of two daughters has not consistently slept through the night. My partner and I are hallow-eyed, embarrassed, and have been privately fighting in the trenches to set our family routine straight.
I celebrated my birthday on the beach in southern California with family and a few friends. I took the whole week off and it was fantastic. Given that the big 4-OH is a milestone, I thought I would make a list of the top five things I have learned in my life to this point and top five things I want to do better over the next forty years. Would love to hear lists from all of you in the comments below because I think there is a lot of knowledge that Modern Moms can share with me and with others.
What I’ve Learned:
1) If I smile, I will feel better
We did it. In the nearly three months since my last blog I was able to GET AWAY from the craziness of our day-to-day lives. And I did it TWICE. And I feel human. Connected. With a baseline of peace that is a foundation for how I'm living today. WHEW.
So here I am trying to get my shit together - as described in my last blog - and I'm kind of sucking at it. Trying to find my way to a sunny place, and make
I've fallen off the wagon on multiple fronts. My blog is dying on the vine and I have about 10 of them written in my head but have yet to sit the hell down and write them out. So before I get into the stories of the last few months - one of which will be entirely dedicated to kids and babies BARFING - I thought I would start with how I've stopped taking my own advice and found myself in a slump.
I've fallen off the wagon on multiple fronts. My blog is dying on the vine and I have about 10 of them written in my head but have yet to sit the hell down and write them out. So before I get into the stories of the last few months - one of which will be entirely dedicated to kids and babies BARFING - I thought I would start with how I've stopped taking my own advice and found myself in a slump.
