Tag: Adolescence

  • How to Take Great Selfies in 5 Easy, Teenager-Approved Steps

    This is not today’s post, which I told you yesterday I would write. Today’s post is probably going to be tomorrow’s post. Or Friday’s post. Or whatever. I’ve been up with pukers for 5 nights in a row – SIX days of pukers with no end in sight, and I don’t even know what day…

  • My Parents Were Good at Everything. Now I Am, Too.

    When I was 8 years old, I made my mom a cake for her birthday, and I did it all by myself. I told her to stay out of the kitchen and not come in ’til it was done. STAY OUT, MOM. It was a surprise. I worked on that cake for hours. Days. Or…

  • Warning: Kids Grow Up. This Is Not a Drill.

    I feel like it’s important to warn you so you at least have a chance to avoid me today. To hunker down in your house under your blankets or your baby’s burp-rag or whatever you can find. To lock yourself in the bathroom and to tell your littles to shush and quiet down and here, eat this…

  • How to Use an Eye Phone

    Abby and I were in Portland last weekend for her dance convention. This is why: And, of course, this: I love spending time in Portland. It soothes my soul. And I adore spending time with my oldest kid. Because even though we can be whiny and needy and human…, … she also teaches me important…