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My Body, My Rules
My Body, My Rules
She doesn’t stop for a picture as much as she used to. She rolls her eyes more when I start a conversation on purpose to teach her some kind of lesson. She argues. She responds to all things with, “My body, my rules.” This is 7 and a half. This is second grade. This is new, as all childhood phases are. Because this is growing up. And sometimes, this is a challenge. Mostly for me. My parenting…
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I Got Saved At Jesus Camp
I Got Saved At Jesus Camp
When I was thirteen, I got Saved at Jesus Camp.
I had gone to the camp because my best friend, Rachel, told me there were cute boys there. When I got there, I never found the cute boys. In fact, the complications of boys and friends and being thirteen are what put me in the perfect position to be discovered by Jacqui, the short, curly haired counselor, ready to show me the emptiness in my life…
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I Can't Give Her Everything She Wants, But I Can Teach Her To Be Okay With That
I Can't Give Her Everything She Wants, But I Can Teach Her To Be Okay With That #talkearly @talkearly
Do kids like it when parents say no to them?
No. Because they really want to do the thing.
Why else?
Because they really want to say, do, go, and be how they want. And get what they want.
Do kids like it better when parents say yes if they ask for something?
Yes. Because they get to do the thing that they want to do.
What happens when you ask for something and I say no?
I say “okay!”
Did you…
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38 Things For My 38th Birthday
Today is my birthday. It's great. Because 38 rhymes with great. // 38 Things For My 38th Birthday
It’s my birthday
Every year for my birthday, I write some big list with the number of years old I am that year.
It was an excellent way to have something to write on my birthday when I was blogging every day
But I don’t blog every day anymore
Because life got complicated as life tends to do
And having it all on the internet felt like a bad choice
Pro tip side note, don’t put it all on the…
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Yes, I Drink Alcohol and Yes, I Sometimes Drink In Front Of My Kid
Yes, I Drink Alcohol and Yes, I Sometimes Drink In Front Of My Kid
“Do you think parents should drink in front of their kids?”
“No. No way. Definitely not.”
“Really? Why not?”
“Because the kids and little tiny babies might not know what it is and they will get it and drink beer.”
“Oh, yeah, that would be super bad. But I drink in front of you. Is that okay?”
“Yeah, that’s obviously fine since you drank beer like 1,467 times in front of me.”
“Right. Not all at…
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Talking To My Cis Kid About The Trans Bathroom Issue
Talking To My Cis Kid About The Trans Bathroom Issue
We talk about bathrooms a lot. We celebrate when we find a family bathroom. We cringe at the binary. We talk about North Carolina and Massachusetts. We talk about being kind and that some people aren’t. She tells me she wants family bathrooms at her school. She tells me she doesn’t want to line up as boys and girls. She gets mad at gendered language about toys at McDonalds. She tells me it…
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She Doesn't Call Me Mommy Anymore: On Nonbinary Trans Parenting and Mother's Day
It wasn’t supposed to be like this—me, drinking coffee, her sitting too close all elbows and knees and bones and limbs. She had plans. Her plans included me taking her to a toy store, but that was mostly becuase she didn’t understand the holiday and when you’re 7, all holidays and special days and every day should end up at a toy store. I redirected that plan with a short list of examples of how…
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More About Why Than What
More About Why Than What
“Can you tell me a story about when you were a kid? A good one. With a lot of detail.”
She’s been asking about who I was as a kid a lot lately. Maybe because every time she falls, I tell her a story of some time that I fell, or my brother broke his elbow, or my dad fell off his bike. She’s growing and falling a lot lately. She’s also cartwheeling through the house, because it just snowed in…
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Besties
“I have a new best friend!”
“You do?”
“Yes!”
“Who is it?”
“MY NEW BEST FRIEND IS SNOW.”
“Good one.”
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Shared Custody Is Awful, Shared Custody Is Fine
Shared Custody Is Awful, Shared Custody Is Fine #TalkEarly
I try not to think a whole lot about living with shared custody. Because when I do, I break open. How can a person not be with their kid for 50% of the time? How can I possibly do this? And yet, I do. And if I really think about it, parents with 100% custody co-parenting in the same house and marriage really aren’t with their kids all the time either. They go out with friends at night or…
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Do What Works Until It Doesn't, Then Do Something Else
Do What Works Until It Doesn’t, Then Do Something Else
Age six seems to be the age when it all falls apart. We’ve been here before, in glimpses. When she first learned how to stand up in her crib and the bedtime routine had to change. When she started dressing herself but had to change three times before school so mornings had to change. When she decided she’s part mermaid and refused to walk but instead slithers across the floor with both legs…
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She's The Life Of The Party
She's The Life Of The Party #HolidayResponsibility
It’s Party Season these days. Well, for Roozle, it’s always Party Season because she has all the friends with all the birthdays in all the seasons, but it’s Holiday Party season this time. Bedtime is pushed back for Advent activities and having friends over and watching Elf. She has a tree in her room with stockings for her dolls. They celebrate Christmas every day. And on the days Roozle is…
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It's Not Perfect
It’s Not Perfect
It’s not perfect, but it’s mine. My practice. My getting better. My keeping going. I often don’t know what I’m doing or maybe even why. No one can answer why all the time. I want to answer why all the time. Life doesn’t work like that. Parenting, faith, love, loss. None of it works like that.
It’s not perfect, this showing up. This writing it down. But it’s enough. Enough for a month of…
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Tree Pose, Like Literally Christmas Tree day is the best day.
Everything’s Like NBD At The Ocean She won't take her new pajamas off. Perfect beach outfit, so NBD. Everything's like NBD at the ocean. Because ocean.
Ballerina Roozle Goes To The Nutcracker
Ballerina Roozle Goes To The Nutcracker
Ballerina Barbie and Ballerina Roozle are ready for The Nutcracker.
“I just met a REAL LIVE BALLERINA.”
“I know. I was there.”
Nutcracker dreams are the best dreams.
“Let’s take a selfie! Maybe a ballerina will photobomb us!”
Can’t stop won’t stop moving. Like I got this music…
Thank you, Boston Ballet, for inviting Roozle to dance her way through The Nutcrackerdress rehearsal today. We…
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One Roozle, Four Outfits: This Is How She Does Thanksgiving
One Roozle, Four Outfits: This Is How She Does Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!
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