Suburban (in)Sanity

I have two kids, two cats, TWO dogs, a husband, and a minivan. I live in the suburbs now and try to stay sane. Some days, I succeed.

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Some of my more popular pages

BlogHer featured this post about mom angst that is hard to explain on July 26, 2010 and it brought a lot of new readers to my blog. Hello new readers!

My iPhone 4 review from a mom's perspective has been popular with readers and google.

This one got me into a bit of trouble at home...

And this best explains my perspective as an unexpected stay-at-home-mom.

On being a mom and a writer, two thoughts very close to my heart.

I had some reaction to the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom book/article/media storm - this one is why pushing your kids is sometimes the right thing to do.

This serves as a reminder to me to try to be less busy. So far I haven't worked it out, but I'm a work-in-progress.

I end up referring back to this one often, about activities for kids - how much is too much? Clearly I haven't finished analyzing this issue since I seem to revisit it monthly.

It is my duty and my privilege - my thoughts on nighttime parenting and aging children. One of those posts that almost wrote itself, coming straight from my heart. It was shared often, I think I tapped into a common feeling among many parents.

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