Posts filed under Parenting

7/21/2010

Wednesday Writing Prompt

This week’s writing prompt … my three words:
Retail
Frustration
Sneak
Resulting sentence:
“You sneak,” I yell, frustration etching lines across from my forehead, “retail therapy is not an excuse for shopping for stealing my wallet.”
Your turn (with three new words … or you can use mine!):
Distress
Cross
Beam

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5/28/2010

Proud Mommy Moment Hits the Big Screen

Literally! Almost a year to the date that I wrote this “Proud Mommy Moment” - my daughter’s film debuted at the Crest theater in Los Angeles this week.
Katelyn starred as the Little Girl in Just Another Lost Soul. It’s a short film (30 minutes) and her part was only about a minute long, [...]

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11/12/2009

Sometimes the Imperfections Make Something Perfect

I take my own portraits of my kids - partly because I like photography, partly because I’m cheap and don’t feel like spending a fortune on a photography session! And I also make my own holiday cards, which means I have to get started pretty early.

This year I got the kiddos coordinating outfits and [...]

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9/8/2009

Is it Strange that My Two-Year-Old Son is My Muse?

First off, as much as I hate backstory, it’s necessary here!
When my daughters were young, I made the mistake of lying down with them at naptime and bedtime to get them to fall asleep. It was a very difficult habit to break, and one I promised myself I would not repeat.
For the most part [...]

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