Why do I write? Obviously not for money. Not for a career or an aspiration. Sometimes it is for my mind. To clear it or organize it. Sometimes it is to avoid cleaning. Yesterday I couldn’t think of a thing to write about so I had to clean. While cleaning I found an old journal of mine from many years
Read moreIs there a more uttered phrase from parenthood than “we share!”? Probably not in my household. From before my children were able to crawl, right up to current day where they can’t sit still, “we share” is echoed from every corner of my house reverberating until it interrupts every new argument, sometimes before it even begins. It only took a few
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I am looking for a word. If I had lost it I am certain it would be found under the heaps of papers littering my daughter’s bed. Wedged in between the scissors she slept on top of, the four books she started last night, and three different journals she has abandoned. It would be dotted with craft pom poms and
Read moreIt is a feeling of hopelessness that brings us to this place. Desperate to save those who suffer. Determined to prevent those we hope never will. We are clawing and grasping to find any morsel of earth to hold onto when we feel like we’re spiraling out of control. It is hopelessness. I know that now. I used to think it was
Read moreMy latest blog is up on Huffington Post Parents. This isn’t quite how I would have summarized it… but OK! Check it out here and you can come up with a better clip. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-egbert/parenting-in-the-time-of-viral_b_5942154.html
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“Maybe you should turn your work email off during our honeymoon,” the new husband says. “I don’t even know how to do that!” I admit. He takes my phone, makes a few swooshes with his finger, and it is done. I feel a rush of both relief and trepidation wash over me. I’ve never vacationed like this before. Day 1. Before I
Read moreWhen you propose to a librarian, you don’t really know what you are in for. You think you’ll have a lifetime of good book suggestions, but you don’t know you’ll have to pull off a literary themed wedding. But as a true librarian, when
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Please forgive me for all the times I referred to brides as “bridezilla.” I had no idea how many spreadsheets they were having to look at on a daily basis. Please also forgive me for the judgement I passed on couples who elope. I had no idea how many spreadsheets they avoided by making that decision. Please let my family
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It is fine if you don’t want to learn how to use technology. But it means you are going to end up at my blog again, and again.
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I am that parent. The one that shows up early the first day of soccer practice for the parent meeting. I’m not the one who has already made a rough draft of the snack schedule. I am not the one who has volunteered for uniform duty. I am not even the saint parent that got suckered into coaching. I am the
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Chop Wood, Carry Water 