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Parenting Woe: Public Mom Meltdown
Last night was an embarrassing parenting night for me. I have identified in myself three triggers: 1) feeling watched and judged by onlookers; 2) disrespect; 3) entitlement. Last night – my three triggers collided for a super embarrassing parental tantrum. My kids are a year and three days apart. They are a lot alike and at the same time very different, but the main thing is: they are in constant competition. Constant! All day long it’s arguing and bantering and antagonizing. But I can take that for longer than I can tolerate them being flat-out rude. Last night we attended a formal family dinner that my cousin was hosting on the grounds…
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About Me
Hi! I’m Mollie. I’m a working mom of three sweet and crazy boys. My husband is the love of my life and is constantly trying to keep me balanced and in check. We are a mixed family, and as an idealist white woman, each day I learn another way that this is both beautiful and complicated. We have three kids, two dogs, two homes, two cars, manage properties, work full-time jobs, work side hustles, and try day-in and day-out to do what’s best for our family. I list all these details in hopes that it will sound like your life in some way or another. I list these details to…
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I have a dream
For as long as I can remember, I always dreamt of having an eclectic family; one that traveled, spoke different languages, valued and learned about many cultures, and one that was itself a blend of cultures. In my mind, a mixed relationship was a utopia; the ultimate testament to the ability of love to unite people across differences. And children born of this utopia were thereby representations of love’s ability to transform the world; they would be living and walking inspiration to any who doubted in love’s power. I cannot identify precisely when this dream began. I imagine it started when I got my first taste of traveling abroad; we…
