Posts Tagged ‘Purposeful Parenting’

• The Parent You Want to Be

  Aug 17 | Parenting | Heather | 8 Views | with 39 Comments

  How Will Your Kids Remember You? When I am down on the floor playing “dress up dah-wees (dollies)” with Katie I sometimes find myself trying to subliminally imprint the experience on her. Remember, this moment, Katie....

• Aptitude or Attitude? What Motherhood is Really About

  Aug 16 | Parenting | Heather | 7 Views | with 18 Comments

  While every other freshman on campus was hanging out in the coed drinking soda and watching movies, my college roommate was installing our very own cappuccino maker as the voice of her favorite Italian tenor reverberated on every...

• Letter to Daddypotamus

  Jun 20 | Parenting | Heather | 10 Views | with 6 Comments

  Dear Daniel, I think it’s funny that you offered to write a Father’s Day post. Cute really, but did you really think I would let you? What would be next? Me sending you out to buy your own birthday presents? No. I...

• Selectively Hovering Your Way to Your Child’s Destiny

  May 25 | Parenting | Heather | 9 Views | with 12 Comments

  When my friend Destiny recently tweeted she was writing a post on helicopter parents I was almost afraid to read it. I was pretty sure the intro would include a photo of me with a propeller on my head followed by  a link to this...

• One Petition, a Confession, and a Resolution

  May 23 | Parenting | Heather | 14 Views | with 8 Comments

  When I was in the fourth grade I started a petition to get my gym teacher fired. My mission? To rid Stonegate Elementary student life from the stench of unequal treatment. Ahem. It took me 10 years to admit this embarrassing fact...

• Mother’s Day Musings

  May 9 | Parenting | Heather | 6 Views | with 3 Comments

  Sometimes, when I look at Katie I think about her becoming a mother someday. I marvel that her tiny two year-old frame already carries the seeds of life that will (hopefully) one day bloom into beautiful, sweet grandchildren. But...

• Mommypotamus Needs to Chill

  May 4 | Parenting | Heather | 10 Views | with 15 Comments

  Isn’t this photo awful? It was taken after a rough night with Katie when she was about 7 months old. I decided to post it today because it looks how I feel. Seriously, I’m fine. Life has never held more purpose or...

• By Loving Her, He Loves a Little Part of Me

  Apr 17 | Parenting | Heather | 8 Views | with 8 Comments

  I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it might be like to have a son. We both have a sense this baby is a boy. If we’re wrong and it’s a girl we will be thrilled. We both want another girl at some point....