Bad Gratitude Monday: A Fearless Kid
I spent the summer of 1994 in the library at Fairchild Air Force Base, where Pockets’s dad was stationed, because I was 19 years old, enormously pregnant, and on a quest to read every book on pregnancy and childbirth that the United States military saw fit to stack on its shelves. Plus, the library was … Read more
All the Wright Moves
The homeschooling next-door neighbors with six kids and the homeschooling family across the street with six kids laid hands on the huge trailer attached to our Suburban. They prayed for our safety, and thanked the Lord that we were leaving. Our northern Snohomish County community was nice enough, but we really were the freaks of … Read more
4AM in Tokyo
Our sleep routine is all fouled up. We arrived at our Tokyo hotel early in the evening, took showers, made some "instant" peanut sesame noodles in the teapot and planned to find a place to have a drink. Instead, we fell dead asleep, wet hair and all. We both woke up at 4am, thirsty. I … Read more
Is it Really a New Year? ‘Cause I’ve Been Here Before…
Some of the players: Sunshine, The Gonzo Mama, Mr. Wright and Lulu In college, I relished nothing more than heading out for a night of “whatever,” and seeing where the universe led me. That, my friends, was years and years ago. These days, I like to have a plan, and I had one for New … Read more
Mommy Masochism: Piece of Cake?
What kind of an insomnia-plagued masochist would work through the night, forgoing sleep and the promise of sweet dreams, baking and decorating custom cakes for four children who probably aren’t as interested in the cakes’ appearance as in the cakes’ taste? A mother; that’s what kind of masochist. The closure of Beebe Bridge delayed the … Read more
Everything I Need to Know About Motherhood I Learned from Animal House
Raising kids is like living in a frat house. There are too many all-nighters, there’s never enough coffee or Top Ramen, the toilets are never clean, it’s no surprise if someone is puking, and you never know who is going to be in your bed when you wake up. I find myself falling back on … Read more
Daddy Got Lei’d on Father’s Day…
…and boy, was he surprised!The kids made candy leis and “sodas” for Mr. Wright at church for Father’s Day. How cute are those?! The leis are mini candies, wrapped in plastic wrap and strung together with ribbon. The sodas are malt glasses, filled with unwrapped chocolates for the “soda” and topped with mini marshmallows and … Read more
Bad Gratitude Monday
What a wonderfully wild weekend! Even with the heartache of Princess moving for the summer, it was great to be surrounded by loving friends and forgetting all about feeling sorry for myself for a while. Today, I am grateful for: 1. Good friends! My talented mama-in-crime, Corbin Lewars, rented a house in my ‘hood on … Read more
Sometimes, I’m the One Who Sucks
When I auditioned for Crimes of the Heart, I sort of secretly hoped I wouldn’t get cast. It sounds awful, I know, but I really have a lot going on. I kept thinking about the seven kids who needed help with homework, rides to and from therapy appointments, a mama to cook dinner for them … Read more
The Quality of Life Calculator and Why I Love Hemorrhoid Cream
When I was in high school, the quality of my life was easily calculated in accordance to the number of friends I had to hang out with. I was a bookish nerd, so it followed that my quality of life was pretty low. College provided a simplified calculator. A cute boy buying me a drink … Read more
