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The second time around

August 11, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I have an essay called “The First Time Around” in an anthology that is coming out soon, From the Heart: A Collection of Stories and Poems from the Front Lines of Parenting. It compares my first year mothering to my first year teaching high school and explores the desire for a do-over, to fix all…

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Babysitting Bliss/Blues

September 10, 2008 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Childcare is a good thing. This is how I felt yesterday as I drove to the sitter’s house six hours after dropping E off for no particular reason other than to get to some writing, cleaning and posting stuff of Craigslist and Freecyle in the hopes of eventually seeing my basement floor again. Outside of…

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Babysitting Bliss

June 7, 2008 by Jessica Leave a Comment

When someone else’s child is in bed, this mama mouse gets to play in her head. I love babysitting. After bedtime, that is. I wrote recently about not particularly enjoying helping out friends during waking hours. It’s true that as my son gets older, he and his age-mates are better able to entertain each other….

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I’m not that woman

May 20, 2008 by Jessica Leave a Comment

You know her — the one who says offers, Sure, she can drop by some (insert grocery item here) when you just happen to mention being out and in a bind. And of course it would be no problem to come over and watch your child while you cook or clean for the in-laws that…

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Busy mouths

May 13, 2008 by Jessica Leave a Comment

A hickey, a buzz, chocolate and babysitting all in one night. Sounds like high school. But it was really my husband’s 37th birthday. And he wasn’t the one to give me the hickey. Even though it was his special day, I decided to hand the toddler over to my husband so I could go for…

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