Good Grief on Shine

Mom of Tweens: Every moment of mom mania

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First, one kid climbed into her lap. Then the other climbed in, too, even though there wasn't much room left. The woman sitting in the pew in front of me at church on Sunday - Mother's Day - was clearly trying hard to give attention to both of her boys while keeping them from…

Mom of Tweens: The average of motherhood

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Somehow, I didn't feel guilty. I was walking down a Manhattan street on my way to dinner with some friends who were attending the same writer's conference where I was scheduled to speak the next morning, and talking on the phone.

"Tell Chris 'Good luck'," I told my…

Mom of Tweens: There is hope for seasonally challenged parents

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I had to make a choice: Create sentences or crop photos. When I looked at the crooked pictures in my scrapbooks, the victims of my lacking craftiness, the choice was clear. So, shortly before I started blogging, I ditched scrapbooking. Yet now and then, it makes me feel a twinge of guilt.

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