motherhood – Pantsless Weirdo

Sixty-third

Posted on June 5, 2019 (September 27, 2019) by PantslessWeirdo

Dear Mama, Happy birthday. You would have been 63 today. You would have hated being in your 60s, I’m sure. Still, I think you would have aged well given the chance. I hadn’t realized how little I have written here because I have written here, I just haven’t published. This blog has 85 published posts, …

Grown ups come back

Posted on May 14, 2019 (September 27, 2019) by PantslessWeirdo

I dropped the overfull basket of clean clothes onto the floor with a plop. It was overflowing with laundry that I had washed a second time because it had been clean on the couch and made its way to the living room floor over and over before we could get a chance to fold and …

Sixteen Months

Posted on January 1, 2017 (August 31, 2019) by PantslessWeirdo

Dear Leo, You turn 16 months old today, and I find that totally astonishing. I realize that your Dada and I will be putting 16 candles on a cake for you before we know it. I will try not to cry or lash out in my frustration that I can’t slow down time and hold …

Let me tell you about my son

Posted on December 31, 2016 (August 30, 2019) by PantslessWeirdo

I started this post right after I published a post in July. And here we are, more than five months later. I can’t emphasize enough that time is a black hole when you have a child and two careers and a household to run and a special needs dog and you travel for your job …

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Category: motherhood

Sixty-third

Grown ups come back

Sixteen Months

Let me tell you about my son