Month: January 2014

• Not Done Yet: The You Your Kids Haven’t Met Yet (from the Momplex Blog archives)

  My living room walls are painted the color of old Coors cans. It’s a sort of muted golden yellow. I didn’t even realize I’d chosen Coors yellow until this week, when I got to feeling sappy about my childhood. The walls have been that color for five years. How could I miss the connection? Coors…

  Jenny

  January 24, 2014

  babies, grandparents, happiness, intentional happiness, motherhood, speed-posts

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• Harder than You Think: Why Parents Can’t Shield Their Kids from Adult Material (from the Momplex Blog archives)

  I was a tween before the word tween was invented, back in the olden days before twerking and junior misses’ g-strings. My parents owned a thick dictionary with a red linen cover, and it contained all the language. When they weren’t watching, I pored over it, looking up various body parts and four-letter words. My…

  Jenny

  January 17, 2014

  motherhood

• See that Mountain? Redefining Glory Days (from the Momplex Blog archives)

  The month before I graduated college, one of my writing professors approached me to ask if the university’s English department could use my senior writing portfolio as a model for future classes. She said it was one of the best she’d ever seen. My sophomore year, there was some sort of essay-on-demand writing-proficiency exam required…

  Jenny

  January 9, 2014

  career, happiness, intentional happiness, motherhood, Past life, preschoolers, writing

  careers, leaning in, leaning out, motherhood, writing life