Today the laundry waits. Daddy builds with Legos and her older brother. I hold her near as she sleeps instead of sneaking off for chores. I examine little hands and tiny feet with rough skin across the tops from being dragged everywhere as she crawls. Four little teeth in a sleepy [...]

On the fifteenth of May each year I celebrate the anniversary of my freedom.

I was in an abusive relationship.

It was not my choice to leave. I was not that strong. But once I was told to go I was strong enough to stay away. I was strong enough to recognize what had happened. [...]

A child’s joys are just as huge and out of proportion as their sorrows and angers.

I posted a blog post “Why My Daughter Smiles“. And a few Nurshable readers shared the reasons of their daughters/sons smiles with me as well. I’ll be compiling a list. Feel free to share yours!

Last week my son ran out of his MMA (kickboxing and grappling) class with anxious happiness on his face. They were going to have a special Mother’s Day class where moms came with their children for a special kickboxing class. This was my son’s mother’s day present to me. “Please mommy? Can you come? I’d [...]

Friday I sat on the floor of an empty waiting room with my one year old daughter and my soon to be three year old son with a ball, a box of Legos, and a migraine that was rapidly taking over my entire body. My six year old son was in the next room which [...]

Yes, you react intensely to the anger and sadness that you feel as a toddler without an understanding of scale or the words to express your disappointments. Yes, some of the things you become so furious about, so heartbroken over.. Seem ridiculous and trivial.

But then, your joys are also out of proportion. The shrieks [...]