Dear Emma, It is the night before your 5th birthday and I just went in to check on you before going to bed. You were in your usual sleep position: three night lights on, arms thrown over head, piles of books strewn between the twisted sheet. I gingerly remove the reading headlamp that has now [...]
Sometimes the nicest gifts are the unexpected ones. I was unsure as to how fast (or even whether) a writer or two would raise their hands to help me establish a new rhythm here at Mothers of Brothers. Fully prepared to be an army of one, I began batch processing ideas for posts based on [...]
The Cabin. With those two words, I’m instantly transported to my childhood and my “happy place” on Earth. Memories of seemingly endless days filled with adventures and experiences many suburban kids never get to enjoy (or adults, for that matter). My paternal grandfather build The Cabin in the south-central Pennsylvania Appalachian Mountains just after World [...]
Unlike Jessie, opportunities for estrogen parties in my home are few and far between. But every two weeks, I break free of my Mothers of Brothers shackles and flee to the place where I can join my “sisters” in unity and celebrate all that is holy about the feminine mystique. I high tail it to [...]
Happy Monday MoB readers! When Jennifer told me that she was leaving Mothers of Brothers, I knew that I didn’t want to continue solo. I want to keep the site fresh and funny and poignant, but being that way three times each week would probably cause my family to disown me. I get grumpy when [...]
Hi, my name is Jessie and I am not the mother of brothers, but of two sisters: Emma, almost 5 (in 9 days, but who’s counting) and Phoebe, 21 months. I am lucky enough to have met the talented, hilarious Wonder Woman named Emily a few years back as a student in a writing class [...]
Its no secret that every few weeks I leave one life and take up another for a couple of days. The life I leave is one in which I primarily play the role of wife and mother, managing the happenings of our household day in and out. It is the life I signed up for [...]
The following was inspired by actual events. Park car at remote facility. Board bus to terminal with children in tow. Watch as children try to select seats on empty remote parking bus. Watch as they change seats several times during the two minute drive to terminal. Know that no matter what exciting adventure lays before [...]
Happy Birthday Mothers of Brothers! You are three years old today and anyone who has ever been a parent knows full well that the “terrible twos” have nothing on the “dreadful threes.” It is one of those unspoken secrets that we parents fail to share with one another as we move through life. By keeping [...]
Three years ago, on the day Ian turned 17, we launched Mothers of Brothers. Today, 48 hours before Ian turns 20, I am bowing out. The timing just happens to work out to very neatly span three years, and has absolutely nothing to do with Ian per se. Fortunately, the blog will continue with Emily [...]
