Tag Archive: modeling

kids annoying you? keeping it in perspective

by Meghan Carrigan, Guest MOMtor Responding to little annoyances and irritations as a mom … we all do it daily. Yet, as I sit down to write this post, I struggle to come up with at least one example of me not screwing it up royally.  I have very little to offer in the successful…

are children reflections of our imperfections?

Let’s be honest. It’s not pretty. We’re not impressed with the first image that stares back at us in the morning. You know, the one the reflects all our imperfections in their make-up-free glory. We get the same feeling when we see behaviors in our children than reflect our own weaknesses. It is so incredibly…

get in the game, mom!

My son and husband live and breathe baseball. We live near both the Rays spring training facility and Tropicana Field. In other words: A baseball’s lover’s paradise. Micah: We’re going to the Rays/Tigers game this weekend, right, Dad? My husband: We’ve got tickets, but I’m going to be out of town, so we can’t go …….

what is a momtor?

{Kathy} Mirta Calvo made all of us sit on tiny Pre-Kindergarten chairs. Our knees buckled in the air from being so big, but she was making a point:  we are not four years old. She explained in her calm voice The Theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner.  Each time she described a different Intelligence, my…