Moms of multiples tell it like it is

I love the holidays.  Holiday music, baking opportunities, community events, Christmas lights–all of it makes me smile. I don’t enjoy shopping during the holidays at all, though. The crowds give me headaches, so I’m usually done procuring gifts well before Thanksgiving. One of my favourite activities at the end of the year is sending out [...]

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My cousin Cynthia posed a question: What is the real meaning of Halloween? She lives in Bangladesh, where we don’t celebrate Halloween at all. I was tempted to point her to the old Celtic festivals that seem to have birthed Halloween, but who really thinks about that as they’re handing out candy to miniature goblins [...]

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I wasn’t expecting a personal revelation on the Fourth of July. It was a low-key but lovely day. The rain finally stopped, the sun was shining, the kids played outside. We went to a nice barbeque chez Mommy Esq.. Quiet. Reasonably peaceful. Enjoyable. A very nice summer day. So why was I so cranky much [...]

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We consider ourselves a pretty traditional household, well, you know, but for the fact that we’re a two-mom one. Traditions are especially accentuated during the holidays. For example, for close to eternity, we (my siblings, parents, and more recently, our significant others) have gathered at my mom’s house for Christmas Eve for a mid-day meal, [...]

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