Mm, I could smell it from across the room and my mouth watered. I was dying for a big, juicy bite. Immediately, I felt ashamed and also so confused. Was it a nice medium-rare steak hot and pink in the center? NO. It was a towel from the washer that hadn’t yet dried. I was…Continue reading Pica: When You’re Pregnant and You Want to Eat Chalk
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A Letter to My Son As He Goes to Kindergarten
Do you see that? The ultrasound tech pointed to something on the screen. “What? It’s a girl?” I asked, so used to hearing those words. I thought I saw something but I’d been wrong before so I didn’t want to assume anything. “No,” she told me, “Look right there.” Slowly, she typed it. B-O-Y. The…Continue reading A Letter to My Son As He Goes to Kindergarten
Learning Fun Multiplies with Times Tales + GIVEAWAY! Ends 8/12
Math is completely different than I was a kid. Also, I don’t really have the best memory for teaching it because at this point, I just know what I know and sometimes don’t even recall how. I never realized how often I would be expected to relay the information I’d learned to my kids. I was…Continue reading Learning Fun Multiplies with Times Tales + GIVEAWAY! Ends 8/12