the parenting files - She Laughs at the Days

My Girl

She is laying there, in her new bottom bunk bed, wall scattered with stars and flowers, and fake gemstones behind her. Tears […]

I think it’s a good thing that I came to terms with the day to day drudgery of motherhood before I took […]

I’m not much closer to this ideal than I was two years ago when I first posted this. If anything I have […]

…until you become a parent. To Little sitting on the potty and wiping her own bum for the very first time. “No, […]

In Anne of Green Gables, Marilla Cuthbert is often the enemy. At least that’s how she appeared to me in all of […]

I’m standing near to the playground with a few other moms chatting. “When my daughters are 14,” says the mother of two […]

The Girl just took me out for tea for my birthday. It was my idea because I could see she needed some […]

I’m teaching my son to clean the toilet. Last week I taught him to wipe the rim, underneath the seat, and the […]

As my children get older this parenting gig is starting to give me a little more breathing room. They play together for […]

My kids are still naked. I bathed them this morning and then it is their job to get themselves dressed. Some days […]