Happy #BadMoms’s Day

May 8, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Since no pregnancy is complete without a photo session I decided to take some inspiration from the many lovelies that have gone before me and create some lasting memories of my own. Nailed it.

Lego Hell

April 26, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“At least it isn’t very expensive” she says, glancing at the $500 worth of Star Wars battle ships, cantinas and tiny action figures sitting on the living room shelf. Sigh.

Getting ready for baby #2

April 13, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Somehow I think my standards may have fallen as I prepare my nest once again…

Some women actually like this?

April 8, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Seriously. If it wasn’t for the weeks (okay years) of sleepless nights ahead of me I would be so done with this whole making-a-baby-in-my-tummy business.

My secret writing shame…and why I should never wear sandals

May 19, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Let me just introduce myself by saying that the piece I am about to read completely sucks. In fact, so do I. I didn’t exactly put it that way at my writing group yesterday, but as one of my reviewers put it, by opening up my excerpt by confessing that my work is ‘low-brow’ young adult faction, […]

Mother’s day confession: I only have three stickers on my SUV…and I may be okay with that

May 11, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

So, when are you going to have the next one?” said my friend Dan yesterday, a half peeled banana in one hand. I was standing with some friends outside of a school playground—none of us quite yet ready to face the buckles and straps waiting in our cars. Two held jiggling infants in their arms while […]

Writing, money, and TOTAL PANIC…Miller-style

September 1, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

How doth the successful author lead their lives? In his self-titled book on writing, Henry Miller claims that the key is “writ[ing] first and always. Painting, music, friends, cinema, all these come afterwards.” Sure, I can agree that if I’m really serious about my craft I should probably wait till after I’ve reached my daily […]

My new CV title: toddler management specialist

August 4, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Haven taken a year off to rear my human and complete a novel manuscript, I recently decided to hit the old job board and get back into the rodent race. I was actually getting pretty excited about planning projects that don’t involve Popsicle sticks–until I started reading some job descriptions. It went something like this: Nope, […]

Writing vs momhood: Rebecca Mead reframes the struggle

July 28, 2013.Reading time 2 minutes.

There is nothing like a fun-filled reunion to make me Totally Anxious about life. My three-year old son and I spent three days this week camping on the side of a lovely Vancouver Island lake with my extended family–and let’s just say I had to fend off the ‘so where are you going to have […]

Why I endured nine months of no coffee

May 5, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

As I type this, my wrists are getting sweaty from my too-warm key pad and the glare from the sunshine outside is obscuring half my screen. Summer is barely here and already it’s annoying me. And to think I used to think this time of year was for swimming in lakes, drinking root beer […]