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 […]
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 […]
My hair is part of my identity. It’s naturally curly and naturally big. I’ve let it grow and chopped it off. I’ve permed it (don’t ask) and straightened it. I’ve had bangs and layers. I have dyed my hair various shades of red and brown and lots of places in between. I used henna. I used various boxes. For […]
Growing up, not writing thank-you notes would have been a sin. After all, that’s just what you DO. That’s what we were TAUGHT. You MUST write thank-you notes. Even if you said thank-you in person. Even if the gift cost less than the price of a thank-you note. Even if your hand hurt from all […]
I have one of the greatest friends anybody could ever hope for. We’ve been friends since we were ten years old. Ten years old!! She’s smart, kind, generous, loyal, funny and has great taste in friends (wink wink)! As children, we made up so many games, drew comic books together, rode bikes, imagined what […]
In my pre-child life, I imagined one day telling my kids stories and singing them songs. Five years into this parenting gig, I found I hadn’t told but maybe a hand full of stories, and never to our son. How did that happen? Several months ago, I was re-inspired to try it by a mommy […]
Let me just start off by saying I know that I do not believe that toys, characters, activities or colors are inherently “girl” or “boy.” However, in our society, it does seem like we have gender-ized many things so when I say “girl things” or “boy things”, what I mean is, those things that our […]
