Tag Archives for mom

Living the good life: Lake Placid

We arrived at the airport on Friday to find our flight was oversold. By 10 seats. “Should I stay?” I asked my mom, because Matt’s trial lingered on and the thought of returning to Minneapolis without him there made me … Continue reading →

12. July 2010 by Jennifer Jeanne Patterson
Categories: Parenting, Travel | Tags: , , , , , , , | 13 comments

Housework

When I was in college, I had an idea for a sculpture. Only I couldn’t sculpt. But anyway it was this: a woman whose body was a house. Because that was what I felt domesticity did to a woman. It … Continue reading →

26. May 2010 by Jennifer Jeanne Patterson
Categories: Parenting | Tags: , , , , , , , | 2 comments

How do you try to fit in?

Today our children refused to nap, and I was so tired I took it as some sort of mutiny against me. Not that they cared. So I filled my thermos with coffee, packed everybody in the car, and drove to … Continue reading →

10. May 2010 by Jennifer Jeanne Patterson
Categories: Marriage, Parenting | Tags: , , , , , , , | 9 comments

Broiled Cod and the Key to Marital Bliss

I love waking up to headlines like this: Having Children Adds Stress to Marriage. Really? Because I thought it was the key to marital bliss. Did I mention that our baby woke me up at 5:45 am? And that my … Continue reading →

16. March 2010 by Jennifer Jeanne Patterson
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