Month: March 2013

• Move Over Brownies: I Got MOM Flair (from the Momplex Blog archives)

  As I stood ironing badges onto my third-grader’s Brownie vest this morning, I was reminded of a brilliant entrepreneurial idea I had when her little brother was a baby. Well, at least I thought it was brilliant. Here is her Brownie vest: Excuse me. But why does she get all the flair? What about me?…

  Jenny

  March 20, 2013

  humor, speed-posts

• Hello, Tweendom. Is That You? (from the Momplex Blog archives)

  Too old for toys, too young for boys. That’s the description I found when I Googled “age of tweens” the other night. Obviously, I’d had a bad day with one of my kids. I just had to confirm what I was sensing: that my little girl is molting her girlishness. How long until it’s a…

  Jenny

  March 13, 2013

  daughters, tweens

• How Parenthood–and a New Heart–Taught Me to Appreciate My Dad (from the Momplex Blog archives)

  For six months, I had a battery-operated dad. This is different—significantly—from having a battery-operated “boyfriend.” (We all know what that looks like.) My dad’s battery was a big, heavy square that fit into a wearable pouch given to him in the cardiac ICU. He’d just had open-heart surgery, and the battery connected to a tube…

  Jenny

  March 6, 2013

  dads, daughters, grandparents, healthcare, transplant