http://mommyphd.org letting my heart lead, for a change Fri, 18 May 2012 14:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mommyphd.org/2012/05/12/happy-mothers-day-mom/#comment-272 Fri, 18 May 2012 14:03:47 +0000 http://mommyphd.org/?p=1441#comment-272 Thanks, Jane! I’ve been searching for just that for a while — a community into which I might fit, preschooler and progesterone and all. Maybe I’ve found it. Looking forward to more.

]]> http://mommyphd.org/2012/05/12/happy-mothers-day-mom/#comment-270 Mon, 14 May 2012 17:13:57 +0000 http://mommyphd.org/?p=1441#comment-270 Kim Prince sent me here, because she knew I would want to read this post. It makes me feel heard, that someone else can articulate so well what it is like to stop being visible in popular culture. It makes me sad, missing my mom who died a decade ago. And it makes me want to know you–and your writing better.

]]> http://mommyphd.org/2011/12/21/when-bad-things-happen-at-the-holidays/#comment-225 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:44:40 +0000 http://mommyphd.org/2011/12/21/when-bad-things-happen-at-the-holidays/#comment-225 Oh crap, I am so sorry. I don’t even know what to say, you just got there! Please let me know if there’s anything we can do to help. Sending all our love and good thoughts your way. Hugs.

]]> http://mommyphd.org/2011/10/26/file-it-under-nfw/#comment-213 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:41:10 +0000 http://mommyphd.org/?p=1029#comment-213 No. Just no. You should make NFW a hatch tag (#) because I’ve seen some doozies lately that would fit perfectly with this. Sadly.

]]> http://mommyphd.org/2011/09/18/on-moving/#comment-205 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:17:09 +0000 http://mommyphd.org/?p=1019#comment-205 Moving can be a drag! Especially with children!!

]]> http://mommyphd.org/2011/08/06/winding-down-and-speeding-up-to-moving-day/#comment-195 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:11:05 +0000 http://mommyphd.org/?p=970#comment-195 Kendra–I thought you’d already moved!! Any chance we can squeeze in a goodbye LSSD-ish breakfast, lunch or dinner before The End? Of course I understand if it’s too hectic, but I’m sure Bill, Heather, and others would love to say a formal goodbye. xo
Rebecca

]]> http://mommyphd.org/2011/08/01/never-enough-never-ever-enough/#comment-194 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:43:46 +0000 http://mommyphd.org/?p=958#comment-194 [...] long, lovely days are changing pace now, picking up in a panicky rush toward the day we actually board the plane and [...]

]]> http://mommyphd.org/2011/07/07/anna-and-the-real-girls/#comment-169 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:11:45 +0000 http://mommyphd.org/?p=883#comment-169 p.s. Elliot doesn’t like this because he “only wants to see Anna happy”. Sigh…..

]]> http://mommyphd.org/2011/07/07/anna-and-the-real-girls/#comment-168 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:08:55 +0000 http://mommyphd.org/?p=883#comment-168 I don’t know why, but I love this. Love her! Maybe it’s the look on her face, or maybe it’s the fact that those women really don’t look like the dolls/movies/books that she is used to seeing, yet they are trying so hard to keep up the fantasy. I only hope that this doesn’t shatter her innocence in some way. Maybe you can come up with a “princess helper” story like we do for Santa Claus?

]]> http://mommyphd.org/2011/07/05/pedicures-for-preschoolers-or-even-pre-teens/#comment-167 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:25:42 +0000 http://mommyphd.org/?p=878#comment-167 Your comment reminds me that we’re surrounded by people offering us services all the time — and that we offer services back, in various ways. I like the idea of helping her see the world as a social world with an exchange of services, rather than simply as a commercial world where we services = money; I think it can go deeper than the simple economic model. Yet, i think I’ll wait a while before addressing it with Anna. At four, the subtleties would be hard to convey. In her world every time she sees someone kneeling she thinks it’s a prince proposing to a princess. Which has its own pitfalls …

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