MotherMade
Founder of MotherMade.org - Robin Carlisle writes about working, mom-ing, making art, love and life happen in as many colors as possable. Sometimes gracefully in few words -- other times not so much...
Founder of MotherMade.org - Robin Carlisle writes about working, mom-ing, making art, love and life happen in as many colors as possable. Sometimes gracefully in few words -- other times not so much...
The last thing I need is to have my sleep interrupted by kicks and squirms. But to be so close to my children, at the one time of day when they are too bleary to fight with each other, is priceless to me.
My wife, Lael, and I had repeatedly been cautioned by our experienced friends to expect severe, relationship-altering sleep loss after the birth of our daughter. The truth was, though, that we looked forward to the challenge.
To give 2009 a big send-off, Allison Czarnecki from Petit Elefant shares her love of fashion, pop culture, party planning...oh and vampires.
Others may have begun their parenting journey with a positive pregnancy test and parenting book, but I started mine in front of the television.
Brenda started a non-profit organization that gives parents a voice in the special education process, hopefully before their children are too damaged by the educational bureaucracy.
The other morning, I was digging around for something in the back of my closet when I found a framed photograph I’d stashed there in one of my fits of manic tidying.
Last night I did what I ordinarily do around eleven o’clock. I shut down my laptop computer and put it away, then closed the book I was reading and set it on the lamp stand next to the sofa. I brought my water glass and my wine glass into the kitchen and put them in the dishwasher. While my husband went outside to smoke his last cigarette for the evening, I climbed the stairs and readied myself for bed.
LA County DA, Robin Sax, wanted to empower parents to protect their children so she drew on her experience as a sex-crimes prosecutor to write Predators and Child Molesters: A Sex Crimes D.A. Answers 100 of The Most Asked Questions. See how she stays motivated to in our latest Dream Big.