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Good morning! I hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend. My kids have 13 and a half days of school left. On the one hand, I can’t wait for school to end. No more packing school lunches, nagging about homework, and setting alarms in the morning. On the other hand, our summer is 11 weeks long. Eleven. ELEVEN!

Deep breath.

Obviously, I’ll write and post and tweet about all of our summer insanity fun, so stay tuned. In the meantime, here are links to all of my work in May.

Mamalode republished my essay, “15 Milestone ALL Parents Look Forward to (Whether They Admit it or Not). I loved writing this piece, and it was awesome for Mamalode to promote it again. Read it here.

I wrote about the bumps and bruises (and hangnails and warts) of letting our kids go so they can grow up. You can read “Everybody Hurts” here.

I wrote about how there are times when a little bit (or a lot!) of helicoptering is okay. You can read “There’s No Such Thing as Being Overprotective When it Comes to Our Kids’ Spirit” here.

Sammiches & Psych Meds thinks my summer plans with the kids are funny! Check it out here.

I wrote about why I’m dreading my son’s first drum lesson. Hint: It’s not the noise. You can read “Marching to the Beat of His Own Drum” here.

I was included in a funny piece about what moms think about when they get sick. I’m #11! You can read “Thoughts Moms Have When They Are Sick” here.

And finally…

FROM THE VAULT: That time when I gave my five-year-old son some very inappropriate advice on how to conquer stage fright. You can read “Stage Scared” here.

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Happy reading!

Hello May!

April went by fast, didn’t it? On this first Monday of May,  I’m knee deep in the madness otherwise known as the last seven weeks of school. I simply could not be any busier. I’m convinced that just like the hellish last weeks of pregnancy are meant to prepare us for the agony of birth (as in “get this effing baby out of me!”), these hellish last weeks of school (teacher conferences, curriculum nights, 1st grade teas, spring jamborees, book swaps, PTO fundraisers, etc.) are meant to prepare us for the agony of spending eleven (eleven! not that I’m counting…but I am!) unstructured weeks of quality summer fun listening to our kids say, “I’m bored.”

Soon enough, I’ll be dreaming of September. Until then, here are links to everything I did in April.

My packing list today is dramatically different than it was when the boys were little. Read “My New Packing List” here.

Three moms walk into a karate class… Read my essay, “The Best Decision Moms Can Make” on Sammiches and Psych Meds here.

Imagine if you could toss time in the air? Read my essay about motherhood, the passage of time, and the chance to inspire a new dance here.

I went there. I wrote about Donald Trump and how his candidacy is making my job as a parent difficult…and it was already hard! Read my first ever piece published on BLUNTmoms here.

A conversation about my job title (CEO? Head of FEMA?) landed me on Sammiches and Psych Meds’ and Today Parents’ funniest parents on Facebook lists.

I became a Huffington Post blogger! After months (years?) of pitching them, they finally bit. Check out my official HuffPost author page where my essays – two so far! (“The Letter From School I Never Expected” and “Connecting With Boys Offline in an Online World” – are archived.

I put my two cents in on the whole “meternity” mess. Read about it here.

And finally…

FROM THE VAULT:

Do you play drinking games with your kids? Apparently, I once did. Read “Water Drink!” for some inspiration on how to get your game on.

In honor of Hairstyle Appreciation Day (April 30, 2016), I reminisced about the time my husband went away on business for 17 (SEVENTEEN!) days and I cut off all of my hair. Read “Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow” here.

Don’t forget to Like my Facebook page and follow me on Twitter.

Happy reading!