November 7, 2012
by Tricia
25 Comments
I’ve been watching like a hawk. My eyes peeled for the signs. Weepiness. Crying about small things. That awful feeling of being so overwhelmed. Guilt. Mourning a life that has disappeared. Yes. I know them by heart. I saw them more »
September 12, 2012
by Tricia
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“Mommy! I don’t want you to go!” I turned around as M pulled the car into the driveway. No tears yet but they were coming. Her eyes pleaded and her mouth turned down in a heartbreaking look of distress. She more »
June 27, 2012
by Tricia
22 Comments
Last week, Nanny and Baby met a woman with her child at the library. The woman offered up that her daughter, just a month younger than Baby, usually spent her days at daycare. But, due to summer vacations, she’d have more »
June 20, 2012
by Tricia
13 Comments
The ups and downs of parenthood are many. They can be severe. And they can be dramatic. The speed with which a happy, post-dinner outing for ice cream can devolve into an ice-cream-is-all-gone, no-holds-barred, everyone-the-block-wonders-why-we-are-torturing-this-poor-girl tantrum… well it is dizzying. more »
April 18, 2012
by Tricia
12 Comments
I bark. I bark at her. I do it often. More often than I really want to admit. More often than I ever thought I would. Take your hands out of your mouth! Don’t put your fingers in your nose! more »