American Family » Motherhood http://american-family.org Tue, 22 May 2012 03:07:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Dark Decade, the Sweet Spot and Undesirable Number One http://american-family.org/2012/02/06/the-dark-decade-the-sweet-spot-and-undesirable-number-one/ http://american-family.org/2012/02/06/the-dark-decade-the-sweet-spot-and-undesirable-number-one/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:56:52 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4175 This week, M will turn nine.  NINE.  As in, half way to the end of my legal parenting responsibility for her.  I know it is hard to believe, but I am not one of those parents who gets all verklempt about my babies growing up.

Except this time, I am.  How can my baby be [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2012/02/06/the-dark-decade-the-sweet-spot-and-undesirable-number-one/feed/ 10 wasted housewife talents and a hapa or unhapaness http://american-family.org/2011/12/12/wasted-housewife-talents-and-a-hapa-or-unhapaness/ http://american-family.org/2011/12/12/wasted-housewife-talents-and-a-hapa-or-unhapaness/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:29:27 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4119 http://american-family.org/2011/12/12/wasted-housewife-talents-and-a-hapa-or-unhapaness/feed/ 12 The Heaviness (pt.4) http://american-family.org/2011/11/14/the-heaviness-pt-4/ http://american-family.org/2011/11/14/the-heaviness-pt-4/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:17:08 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=3973 (Let’s just get this over with so I can move beyond this self-pitying navel gazing, ok?  Continuing from pt1, pt2, and pt3.)

Let’s be honest: I’m generally a slacker.  I am a huge proponent of satisficing.  I will do just enough work to get a satisfactory outcome, but not the extra work it takes to [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2011/11/14/the-heaviness-pt-4/feed/ 20 More questions http://american-family.org/2011/11/03/more-questions-2/ http://american-family.org/2011/11/03/more-questions-2/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:14:25 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=3907 On with the questions.

Parodie asks:

Alrighty, here’s my non-adoption-related nosy question. I know you used to do sex-ed; I would love an update on how you’re finding it from the “parent” side of the table. Perhaps how you’re dealing with it, (and as I write this it occurs to me that adoption might figure [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2011/11/03/more-questions-2/feed/ 3 Tremendous http://american-family.org/2011/05/25/tremendous/ http://american-family.org/2011/05/25/tremendous/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 23:57:47 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=3647 We are slogging through all our end of the school year obligations.  This week, M has two concerts.  A 2nd grade concert and an elementary school chorus concert.

M called my mom to invite her to the concerts. My mom wisely decided to attend only one of the two.   She asked M “Which one [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2011/05/25/tremendous/feed/ 5