by Jennifer | Mar 15, 2015 | a mom's life, poems
If I had only known Three days was nothing Four weeks now notched on my belt of motherhood Four weeks with a sick child, one at a time, usually on Thursdays Falling not like dominoes but like patient drops from the tip of a stalactite J.D. Fitzgerald’s mother...
by Jennifer | Feb 11, 2015 | a mom's life, poems
For Tennyson, who says it isn’t a real poem unless it rhymes. There was one a 9-year-old kid Whose stomach decided to rid Itself of its contents Under the pretense Of denying itself, so it did. There once was a boy fair and jolly Who snuck a lick of his...
by Jennifer | Feb 7, 2015 | a mom's life, poems
Three days in to the stomach virus in our house And I am checking every twinge Was that nausea I feel? What was that gurgling in my intestines? Something sinister? Heaven help the child who complains of anything abdominal; It means quarantine for sure. And constant...
by Jennifer | Jan 14, 2015 | 31 days of creativity, a mom's life, fun
Within two hours of reading Tom Sawyer (assuming your readers can tolerate the gruesome murder scene), you will find your children playing pirates. Possibly naked. If I fall on the ice, I will undoubtedly break my arm and have to rely on friends to bring us meals for...
by Jennifer | Aug 8, 2011 | a mom's life, fun, recipes
1. Blog? What blog? 2. Emergency Rooms—If you have to take a 4-year-old for stitches after he drops a knife on his foot, I recommend Patient First. In and out with as little crying as possible. And no screaming. I did not scream even once. Spencer is doing fine. He...
by Jennifer | Dec 14, 2010 | a mom's life
All week the boys had been asking to put up the Christmas tree, and Saturday was the day. A day full of promise—idyllic family memories to be made, stories of ornaments from years gone by, our favorite carols playing. Back in 2006, we decided to switch to a smaller...
