The thoughts, rants, ideas, and occasional words of wisdom of Aimee — a blogger, professional counselor, stay-at-home-mom, postmodern feminist, activist, wife of the Dude, and mom of the Monkey. From baby gear and parenting theories to social commentary and pop digressions — nothing is off-topic. After all, this ain't yo mama's blog.
From the category archives:
Authoritative Parent, Permissive Parent, Authoritarian Parent, Uninvolved Parent, Over-Parent/Helicopter Parent, Attachment Parent, etc…
If you’re a parent, chances are good that you’ve heard about some or all of these parenting approaches. Parents may find themselves questioning which one works best or which one identifies how they parent. It can be easy for some parents to try [...]
everything will be okay in the end.
if it’s not okay, it’s not the end.
— unknown origin
In a perfect world, all of our friends partner up with people that we adore. In a perfect world, we meet other couples that we both really like. In a perfect world, we get together with our couple-friends and we enjoy spending time with both of them. Equally.
We all know this ain’t a perfect world.
One [...]
Now that I’m a parent, I often look back at all the crazy/dangerous antics that I put my own parents through. I was not alone. My sister and brother were often as reckless and carefree as me.
From speeding tickets (all of us) to falling out of a 2nd story window (my sister) to getting hit [...]
My beloved grandmother passed away on New Year’s Day. I was very close with her and I was only given one week to prepare for her death. There is never enough time to prepare for something like that. It’s only been 4 days and I am still reeling from her death. Not only am I [...]
My grandmother is dying and it is not known how much longer she will be here with us. It could be days, weeks, or even hours. Up until last night, my family was very confused about what was going on since she seemed perfectly fine a matter of days ago. But the onset of her [...]
After a mother despairingly reached out online minutes before and hours after she learned of the tragic death of her 2 year old son last week, the world questioned her. They blamed her. And they harassed her. It’s not normal to be online when you’re at the hospital! It’s not normal to post messages hours [...]
