American Family » Motherhood http://american-family.org Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:19:13 +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/ 7 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