Tag Archives: friendship

When Small Talk Leads to Friendship at the Park

Sometimes parenting friendship happens easily, and through simple means. I first met our park friends when my oldest daughter was…

The Gathering Tree: Musings on Friendship

A gathering tree, a strip of sidewalk, and a small retaining wall that can double as a bench border the…

Why I Stopped Looking for Mom Friends

Do moms really need to start looking for mom friends? I’ve never been the type to have a lot of friends. I…

50 Things to Love about Life: Gal Pals

As I wait for my third baby to be born, I’m looking back on some of the writing I did…

Beating the Winter Blues

The “winter blues” or Seasonal Affective Disorder is a problem that I’m very familiar with. My husband likes to joke that…

Mom Friend Jealousy

I’m finding that in my old age (almost 27, eek!) that it’s becoming harder and harder to make new friends.…

Meeting Other Mommies: Dating All Over Again?

When the reality that I was going to begin staying at home with my children actually hit me, I was…

Library Love: Endings and Beginnings at Story Time

My oldest daughter was not quite a year old when we began our relationship with the library. I was still…