I am a working woman and mom. The news this week that two giant tech companies, Facebook and soon Apple, will be offering female employees paid coverage for freezing eggs (yep, the ones from their ovaries) as a “perk” struck me as very concerning. Is it sending the right message? What if, when I applied for […]
Dear My Second Child, I love you more than you could ever know, but I want you to know that I’m fully cognizant that you being the second child has impacted my life and yours. So much so, that I feel compelled to apologize for it. I am sorry that I have not memorized the […]
OK. Friends, I’d like to elevate the intellectual nature of the Richmondmom blog content right now and talk about a very serious subject. Socks. As in, socks on the floor, in the playroom, under the couch, between the cusions, and in the dog food bowl. The worst part of the sock debaucle? They’re usually inside […]
This past weekend, my 6-year-old daughter stole something from Target. I don’t think she meant to. She knows stealing is wrong. But, she fancies herself to be like Tinkerbell, finder of lost things. Wherever we go – the park, the pool, the parking lot – she finds discarded plastic rings, stickers, old barrettes, and she […]
I turn 37 this week. At work, I can see the Main Street Station tower across I-95. I remember driving to college at William & Mary 20 years ago and seeing that clock tower in the “big city” of Richmond. I thought it represented something so urban, so foreign and grown up. Something I couldn’t imagine ever […]
Do you love to play games with your kids? Do you yearn for interacting in a fun way with your child that does not involve a screen? Have you have played every board game in your house and want something a little, well, less “board” and more “brain”? Here is a list of board-less games […]
Greetings from Myrtle Beach! Like us, you may be soon heading to (or recently returned from) some time at the beach with your family. Seriously, we are really having a great time in spite of with our six- and four-year-old! I am sitting here on our balcony, enjoying my cup of coffee and listening to […]
I remember reading the book Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman when I was little. We still have that copy 36 years later, and it was one of the first books my 6-year-old daughter could read all by herself. That’s why we were so excited to go see the production of Go, Dog. Go! at […]
This past two weeks, we went through a really unfortunate series of events that involved us putting an offer on a house, putting our own house up for sale, and then going in reverse. The house deal fell through, and we are deciding to be happy where we are. Whew. Now I can breathe again. In […]
Dear Richmondmom.com family, A little over three years ago, we were new here in Richmond. I stumbled across Richmondmom.com and became hooked on the Facebook page and the newsletter, especially the Real Richmond Parents articles. Soon I got the guts to submit an article myself and heard back very quickly from Kate Hall, who accepted […]
